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| This tusk has several unique features, including the signature and motto of the original owner, Robert Visser. Visser, a German merchant who lived on the Loango coast from 1882 to 1904 collected for himself and several German ethnographic museums. He also took photographs that were made into postcards. Four of these images served as models for the panels on this tusk. | |
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 Image credits: Tusk Kongo peoples, Loango coast, Republic of the Congo and Angola Late 19th century Ivory Length 64.2 cm (25 1/4 in.) National Museum of African Art, museum purchase, 2007-1-2 Young woman.
Congo Français. No.25 - Vierge à vendre. Photograph by Robert Visser c.1900, postcard, collotype EEPA postcard collection, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art 95-2-1 Making palm wine
Congo Français. No. 21 - La fabrication de vin de palme. Photograph by Robert Visser c.1900, postcard, collotype EEPA postcard collection, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art |
Back: Tusk/Hat comparison |
Onto: Pair of palanquin pins |