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Oliphants

Scope note

Medieval end-blown ivory aerophones made from elephants' tusks, finely carved and prized by the wealthy classes mainly as tokens of land tenure or by churches as reliquaries, rather than as sound devices. NGDMI

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

300042763

Term used for

olifants

Equivalent Terms used

oliphant

Created

13yrs ago

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