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Edo. <em>Horn (Oko) or Flute (Akohẹn)</em>, late 19th–early 20th century. Ivory, 14 3/4 × 1 9/16 in. (37.5 × 4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Marcia and John Friede, 75.152.1. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 75.152.1_bw.jpg)
Edo. Horn (Oko) or Flute (Akohẹn), late 19th–early 20th century. Ivory, 14 3/4 × 1 9/16 in. (37.5 × 4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Marcia and John Friede, 75.152.1. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 75.152.1_bw.jpg)
Edo. <em>Horn (Oko) or Flute (Akohẹn)</em>, late 19th–early 20th century. Ivory, 14 3/4 × 1 9/16 in. (37.5 × 4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Marcia and John Friede, 75.152.1. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 75.152.1_bw.jpg)

Edo. Horn (Oko) or Flute (Akohẹn), late 19th–early 20th century. Ivory, 14 3/4 × 1 9/16 in. (37.5 × 4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Marcia and John Friede, 75.152.1. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 75.152.1_bw.jpg)

Edo. <em>Horn (Oko) or Flute (Akohẹn)</em>, late 19th–early 20th century. Ivory, 14 3/4 × 1 9/16 in. (37.5 × 4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Marcia and John Friede, 75.152.1. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.75.152.1_view01.jpg)

Edo. Horn (Oko) or Flute (Akohẹn), late 19th–early 20th century. Ivory, 14 3/4 × 1 9/16 in. (37.5 × 4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Marcia and John Friede, 75.152.1. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.75.152.1_view01.jpg)

Edo. <em>Horn (Oko) or Flute (Akohẹn)</em>, late 19th–early 20th century. Ivory, 14 3/4 × 1 9/16 in. (37.5 × 4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Marcia and John Friede, 75.152.1. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.75.152.1_print_bw.jpg)

Edo. Horn (Oko) or Flute (Akohẹn), late 19th–early 20th century. Ivory, 14 3/4 × 1 9/16 in. (37.5 × 4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Marcia and John Friede, 75.152.1. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.75.152.1_print_bw.jpg)

Edo. <em>Horn (Oko) or Flute (Akohẹn)</em>, late 19th–early 20th century. Ivory, 14 3/4 × 1 9/16 in. (37.5 × 4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Marcia and John Friede, 75.152.1. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.75.152.1_view02.jpg)

Edo. Horn (Oko) or Flute (Akohẹn), late 19th–early 20th century. Ivory, 14 3/4 × 1 9/16 in. (37.5 × 4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Marcia and John Friede, 75.152.1. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.75.152.1_view02.jpg)

Edo. <em>Horn (Oko) or Flute (Akohẹn)</em>, late 19th–early 20th century. Ivory, 14 3/4 × 1 9/16 in. (37.5 × 4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Marcia and John Friede, 75.152.1. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.75.152.1_view03.jpg)

Edo. Horn (Oko) or Flute (Akohẹn), late 19th–early 20th century. Ivory, 14 3/4 × 1 9/16 in. (37.5 × 4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Marcia and John Friede, 75.152.1. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.75.152.1_view03.jpg)

Edo. <em>Horn (Oko) or Flute (Akohẹn)</em>, late 19th–early 20th century. Ivory, 14 3/4 × 1 9/16 in. (37.5 × 4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Marcia and John Friede, 75.152.1. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , 75.152.1_75.152.4_bw.jpg)

Edo. Horn (Oko) or Flute (Akohẹn), late 19th–early 20th century. Ivory, 14 3/4 × 1 9/16 in. (37.5 × 4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Marcia and John Friede, 75.152.1. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , 75.152.1_75.152.4_bw.jpg)

Edo. <em>Horn (Oko) or Flute (Akohẹn)</em>, late 19th–early 20th century. Ivory, 14 3/4 × 1 9/16 in. (37.5 × 4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Marcia and John Friede, 75.152.1. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.75.152.1_75.152.4_print_bw.jpg)

Edo. Horn (Oko) or Flute (Akohẹn), late 19th–early 20th century. Ivory, 14 3/4 × 1 9/16 in. (37.5 × 4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Marcia and John Friede, 75.152.1. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.75.152.1_75.152.4_print_bw.jpg)

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Horn (Oko) or Flute (Akohẹn)

Arts of Africa

CULTURE Edo
MEDIUM Ivory
  • Place Made: Benin City, Edo State, Nigeria
    • DATES late 19th–early 20th century
    DIMENSIONS 14 3/4 × 1 9/16 in. (37.5 × 4 cm)  (show scale)
    COLLECTIONS Arts of Africa
    ACCESSION NUMBER 75.152.1
    CREDIT LINE Gift of Marcia and John Friede
    PROVENANCE Prior to 1975, provenance not yet documented; before 1975, possibly acquired by Charles Ratton of Paris, France; by 1975, acquired by Merton D. Simpson Gallery, New York, NY; 1975, purchased from Merton D. Simpson Gallery by the Brooklyn Museum.
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    CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION Hollow, decorated with 4 vertical serpent forms in low relief, one on each side of the rectangular shaped blow hole, one above the mouth hole and one below the mouth hole. Lower section of the horn has six pairs of horizontal bands enclosing vertical ribbed bands.
    MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
    CAPTION Edo. Horn (Oko) or Flute (Akohẹn), late 19th–early 20th century. Ivory, 14 3/4 × 1 9/16 in. (37.5 × 4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Marcia and John Friede, 75.152.1. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 75.152.1_bw.jpg)
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    Edo. <em>Horn (Oko) or Flute (Akohẹn)</em>, late 19th–early 20th century. Ivory, 14 3/4 × 1 9/16 in. (37.5 × 4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Marcia and John Friede, 75.152.1. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 75.152.1_bw.jpg)

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