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Elephant's foot

Museum Ulm Project for the reappraisal of the collections from colonial contexts [1920.4714]
Elefantenfuß (Museum Ulm CC BY-NC-SA)
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Description

An elephant's foot that is bordered with brass and served as a bin for waste paper.

The object came into the collection of the Gewerbemuseum (Museum of Applied Arts) Ulm as a gift from the antiquarian Adolf Bayer in 1920.

Material/Technique

Skin, horn, brass

Measurements

H 28 cm, DIA 22 cm

Museum Ulm

Object from: Museum Ulm

Das Museum Ulm bietet mehr als 30 000 Jahre Kunst und Kulturgeschichte, präsentiert in 7 Gebäuden, u.a. in einem Kaufmannshaus der Renaissance sowie...

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