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Ivory tooth with relief carving, village scene
Asia, Democratic Republic of Vietnam (DRV), today the Socialist Republic of Vietnam
Before 1975
Ivory, carved; decorated with bas-relief; mounted on a pedestal
Handed over to Museum für Völkerkunde Dresden by the Politburo of the Central Committee of the SED on November 19, 1982
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This ivory tooth, decorated with a village scene in bas-relief, was presented to the SED delegation led by Kurt Hager, which traveled to Vietnam from August 31 to September 6, 1975, on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the founding of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (DRV, North Vietnam). This state gift, initially kept at the Museum für Deutsche Geschichte, was transferred to the Museum für Völkerkunde Dresden in 1982 with the approval of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the SED.
Petra Martin