A Unique Record of Mangbetu Lineage. — This originally was an irregularly sliaped block of diseased ivory, 

 the base of a tusk the mate of which weighed one hundred and fifty pounds. It was heid in high esteem as 

 a relic by one of the king's relatives, and was a constant source of speculation as to its probable meaning until 

 an artist's genius solved the riddle by showing that the protuberances coincided with the members of the owner's 

 family and their descendants. He then carved the numerous faces which cover the reverse side as well as the 

 one photographed 



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