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Text from the 1674 inventory
 
  '2 old Horns carved of Ivory.'  
     
  'The Oliphant' blowing horn with representations of war, hunting and pastoral scenes. Maybe used as a reliquary  
     
  The National Museum of Denmark, Danish Middle Ages and Renaissance, Inv. nr.9104  
     
  Literature  
     
  Nørlund, Poul:"Ole Worms Olifant". Nationalmuseets Arbejdsmark 1950, pp.1-10.  
     
  Schepelern, H. D.: Museum Wormianum. Dets Forudsætninger og Tilblivelse. Odense 1971, pp.358-59.  
     
  Liebgott, Niels-Knud: Elfenben - fra Danmarks Middelalder. København 1985, pp.18-20.  
     
  Gundestrup, Bente: Det kongelige danske Kunstkammer 1737 / The Royal Danish Kunstkammer 1737, Vol. I-II & Index. København 1991 & 1995, II, pp.208-209.  
     
     
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