Carlotta - the museum database

1984.05.0140 :: bete, ornament

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Snidad elefantbete med scener som slingrar sig i spiral; människor och djur. Basen skodd i metall med inskription: "Från Travellers Club i Malmö. Elefantbete från Kamerun. Travellers Club 14.2.1961."

MB: Föremålet ser ut att vara ett typiskt exempel på snidade betar från Loangokusten, se till exempel den 42 cm långa beten (1900.32.0370) i samlingen samt den 39 cm långa beten vid Världskulturmuseet i Göteborg (0000.00.0879). Dessa producerades vid den kosmopolitiska Loangokusten (som ligger i dagens Kongo-Brazzaville) under andra halvan av 1800-talet och förknippas ofta med snidare från den kongo-talande folkgruppen vili (Janzen 2009; Kingdon 2015). (Michael Barrett 2022-01-24)

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