tusk, ivory, Benin Culture, Nigeria, Africa, XVIII c.; a rare ivory tusk from the Kingdom of Benin, finely carved with the figures of warriors, serpents, etc.; the inclusion of the carved figure of the Oba or King, represented with its traditional mudfish, instead of legs, denotes that this was one of the Royal tusks which stood in the great bronze heads on the altar of the Oba's ancestors. Original from the Minneapolis Institute of Art.