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Carved Ivory Tusk, Benin Museum, Benin, Nigeria

circa 1981-1994

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Cataloged as “Carved Ivory Tusk, Benin Museum, Benin, Nigeria” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2016-012, Item EEPA 2016-012-0660
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Carved Ivory Tusk, Benin Museum Store, Benin, Nigeria

circa 1981-1994

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Cataloged as “Carved Ivory Tusk, Benin Museum Store, Benin, Nigeria” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2016-012, Item EEPA 2016-012-0645
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Carved Ivory Tusk Depicting a Dancing Figure

circa 1981-1994

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Cataloged as “Carved Ivory Tusk Depicting a Dancing Figure” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2016-012, Item EEPA 2016-012-0614
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Carved Ivory Tusk Depicting a Dancing Foreign Rider, Leiden

circa 1981-1994

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Cataloged as “Carved Ivory Tusk Depicting a Dancing Foreign Rider, Leiden” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2016-012, Item EEPA 2016-012-0610
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Carved Ivory Tusk Depicting "Elephant Man", Leiden

circa 1981-1994

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Cataloged as “Carved Ivory Tusk Depicting "Elephant Man", Leiden” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2016-012, Item EEPA 2016-012-0611
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Carved Ivory Tusk Depicting the "Elephant Man", British Museum, London

circa 1981-1994

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Cataloged as “Carved Ivory Tusk Depicting the "Elephant Man", British Museum, London” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2016-012, Item EEPA 2016-012-0666
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Carved Ivory Tusk, Hamburg, Germany

circa 1981-1994

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Cataloged as “Carved Ivory Tusk, Hamburg, Germany” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2016-012, Item EEPA 2016-012-0632
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Carved Ivory Tusk, Leiden

circa 1981-1994

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Cataloged as “Carved Ivory Tusk, Leiden” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2016-012, Item EEPA 2016-012-0617
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Carved Ivory Tusk, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

circa 1981-1994

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Cataloged as “Carved Ivory Tusk, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2016-012, Item EEPA 2016-012-0603
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Carved Ivory Tusk, Munich, Germany

circa 1981-1994

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Cataloged as “Carved Ivory Tusk, Munich, Germany” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2016-012, Item EEPA 2016-012-0630
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Carved Ivory Tusk, Museum in Basil, Switzerland

circa 1981-1994

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Cataloged as “Carved Ivory Tusk, Museum in Basil, Switzerland” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2016-012, Item EEPA 2016-012-0663
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Carved Ivory Tusk, Museum in Hamburg, Germany

circa 1981-1994

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Cataloged as “Carved Ivory Tusk, Museum in Hamburg, Germany” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2016-012, Item EEPA 2016-012-0670
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Carved Ivory Tusk, Museum in Munich, Germany

circa 1981-1994

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Cataloged as “Carved Ivory Tusk, Museum in Munich, Germany” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2016-012, Item EEPA 2016-012-0668
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Carved Ivory Tusk, Museum of Ethnology, Geneva, Switzerland

circa 1981-1994

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Cataloged as “Carved Ivory Tusk, Museum of Ethnology, Geneva, Switzerland” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2016-012, Item EEPA 2016-012-0601
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Carved Ivory Tusk, Perls Collection, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

circa 1981-1994

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Cataloged as “Carved Ivory Tusk, Perls Collection, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2016-012, Item EEPA 2016-012-0659
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Carved Ivory Tusk, Tervuren Museum, Belgium

circa 1981-1994

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Cataloged as “Carved Ivory Tusk, Tervuren Museum, Belgium” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2016-012, Item EEPA 2016-012-0671
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Carved Ivory Tusk, UCLA Museum of Cultural History, California

circa 1981-1994

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Cataloged as “Carved Ivory Tusk, UCLA Museum of Cultural History, California” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2016-012, Item EEPA 2016-012-0634
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Carved Ivory Tusks

circa 1981-1994

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Cataloged as “Carved Ivory Tusks” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2016-012, Item EEPA 2016-012-0680
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Carved lakanas onshore, Ifaty, Madagascar

2003-09-05

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Carved lakanas [boats] onshore, Ifaty. Mangrove poles and oars are used to steer. Original Carousel 18, slide 115.

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2020-001, Item EEPA 2020-001-2301
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Carved mask from the Edo Collection of the National Museum of Lagos, 55.9.20, Lagos, Nigeria

1971

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Cataloged as “Carved mask from the Edo Collection of the National Museum of Lagos, 55.9.20, Lagos, Nigeria” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2016-007, Item EEPA 2016-007-0035
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Carved mask from the Edo Collection of the National Museum of Lagos, 62.17.30, Lagos, Nigeria

1971

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Cataloged as “Carved mask from the Edo Collection of the National Museum of Lagos, 62.17.30, Lagos, Nigeria” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2016-007, Item EEPA 2016-007-0034
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Carved sacrificial dish from the Edo Collection of the National Museum of Lagos, 47.5.21, Lagos, Nigeria

1971

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Cataloged as “Carved sacrificial dish from the Edo Collection of the National Museum of Lagos, 47.5.21, Lagos, Nigeria” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2016-007, Item EEPA 2016-007-0023
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Carved staff for Daudu, Iddo, Nigeria

1972

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Cataloged as “Carved staff for Daudu, Iddo, Nigeria” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2016-007, Item EEPA 2016-007-4596
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Carved Stone Female Figure Covered in Moss, Oshun Shrine, Osogbo, Western State, Nigeria

1972

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Cataloged as “Carved Stone Female Figure Covered in Moss, Oshun Shrine, Osogbo, Western State, Nigeria” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2016-007, Item EEPA 2016-007-0905
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