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Edo. <em>Horn (Oko) or Flute (Akohẹn)</em>, 18th or 19th century. Ivory, copper alloy, 15 x 3 1/2 x 7in. (38.1 x 8.9 x 17.8cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Beatrice Riese, 1996.171a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 1996.171a_SL1.jpg)
Edo. Horn (Oko) or Flute (Akohẹn), 18th or 19th century. Ivory, copper alloy, 15 x 3 1/2 x 7in. (38.1 x 8.9 x 17.8cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Beatrice Riese, 1996.171a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 1996.171a_SL1.jpg)
Edo. <em>Horn (Oko) or Flute (Akohẹn)</em>, 18th or 19th century. Ivory, copper alloy, 15 x 3 1/2 x 7in. (38.1 x 8.9 x 17.8cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Beatrice Riese, 1996.171a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 1996.171a_SL1.jpg)

Edo. Horn (Oko) or Flute (Akohẹn), 18th or 19th century. Ivory, copper alloy, 15 x 3 1/2 x 7in. (38.1 x 8.9 x 17.8cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Beatrice Riese, 1996.171a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 1996.171a_SL1.jpg)

Edo. <em>Horn (Oko) or Flute (Akohẹn)</em>, 18th or 19th century. Ivory, copper alloy, 15 x 3 1/2 x 7in. (38.1 x 8.9 x 17.8cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Beatrice Riese, 1996.171a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 1996.171a-b.jpg)

Edo. Horn (Oko) or Flute (Akohẹn), 18th or 19th century. Ivory, copper alloy, 15 x 3 1/2 x 7in. (38.1 x 8.9 x 17.8cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Beatrice Riese, 1996.171a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 1996.171a-b.jpg)

Edo. <em>Horn (Oko) or Flute (Akohẹn)</em>, 18th or 19th century. Ivory, copper alloy, 15 x 3 1/2 x 7in. (38.1 x 8.9 x 17.8cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Beatrice Riese, 1996.171a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.1996.171a-b_view02.jpg)

Edo. Horn (Oko) or Flute (Akohẹn), 18th or 19th century. Ivory, copper alloy, 15 x 3 1/2 x 7in. (38.1 x 8.9 x 17.8cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Beatrice Riese, 1996.171a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.1996.171a-b_view02.jpg)

Edo. <em>Horn (Oko) or Flute (Akohẹn)</em>, 18th or 19th century. Ivory, copper alloy, 15 x 3 1/2 x 7in. (38.1 x 8.9 x 17.8cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Beatrice Riese, 1996.171a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.1996.171a-b_view04.jpg)

Edo. Horn (Oko) or Flute (Akohẹn), 18th or 19th century. Ivory, copper alloy, 15 x 3 1/2 x 7in. (38.1 x 8.9 x 17.8cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Beatrice Riese, 1996.171a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.1996.171a-b_view04.jpg)

Edo. <em>Horn (Oko) or Flute (Akohẹn)</em>, 18th or 19th century. Ivory, copper alloy, 15 x 3 1/2 x 7in. (38.1 x 8.9 x 17.8cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Beatrice Riese, 1996.171a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.1996.171a-b_view03.jpg)

Edo. Horn (Oko) or Flute (Akohẹn), 18th or 19th century. Ivory, copper alloy, 15 x 3 1/2 x 7in. (38.1 x 8.9 x 17.8cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Beatrice Riese, 1996.171a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.1996.171a-b_view03.jpg)

Edo. <em>Horn (Oko) or Flute (Akohẹn)</em>, 18th or 19th century. Ivory, copper alloy, 15 x 3 1/2 x 7in. (38.1 x 8.9 x 17.8cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Beatrice Riese, 1996.171a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.1996.171a-b_view01.jpg)

Edo. Horn (Oko) or Flute (Akohẹn), 18th or 19th century. Ivory, copper alloy, 15 x 3 1/2 x 7in. (38.1 x 8.9 x 17.8cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Beatrice Riese, 1996.171a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.1996.171a-b_view01.jpg)

Edo. <em>Horn (Oko) or Flute (Akohẹn)</em>, 18th or 19th century. Ivory, copper alloy, 15 x 3 1/2 x 7in. (38.1 x 8.9 x 17.8cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Beatrice Riese, 1996.171a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.1996.171a-b_interior.jpg)

Edo. Horn (Oko) or Flute (Akohẹn), 18th or 19th century. Ivory, copper alloy, 15 x 3 1/2 x 7in. (38.1 x 8.9 x 17.8cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Beatrice Riese, 1996.171a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.1996.171a-b_interior.jpg)

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Horn (Oko) or Flute (Akohẹn)

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CULTURE Edo
MEDIUM Ivory, copper alloy
  • Place Made: Benin City, Edo State, Nigeria
    • DATES 18th or 19th century
    DIMENSIONS 15 x 3 1/2 x 7in. (38.1 x 8.9 x 17.8cm) (with components joined): 16 5/16 × 6 11/16 in. (41.5 × 17 cm)  (show scale)
    COLLECTIONS Arts of Africa
    ACCESSION NUMBER 1996.171a-b
    CREDIT LINE Gift of Beatrice Riese
    PROVENANCE Prior to 1996, provenance not yet documented; by 1996, acquired by Beatrice Riese of New York, NY; 1996, gift of Beatrice Riese to the Brooklyn Museum.
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    CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION Ivory tusk (a) carved in high relief, encased at the open end in a cast copper alloy collar (b). There is a rectangular recess in the middle of the convex side of the tusk which has a circular opening at one end. The cast-metal component has high relief, undercut animals on the surface. There are numerous low raised ridges in the metal that connects animals to the borders. The metal is covered in red clay.
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    CAPTION Edo. Horn (Oko) or Flute (Akohẹn), 18th or 19th century. Ivory, copper alloy, 15 x 3 1/2 x 7in. (38.1 x 8.9 x 17.8cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Beatrice Riese, 1996.171a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 1996.171a_SL1.jpg)
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    Edo. <em>Horn (Oko) or Flute (Akohẹn)</em>, 18th or 19th century. Ivory, copper alloy, 15 x 3 1/2 x 7in. (38.1 x 8.9 x 17.8cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Beatrice Riese, 1996.171a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 1996.171a_SL1.jpg)

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