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Object Number
15-28-50/B668
Display Title
Ivory pestle
Descriptions
Object Description
Elephant ivory pestle.
Inventory Description
Carved tusk, curved, abraided and chipped both ends
Classification
- Tools
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Zaire
Additional Geographic Terms
Sankuru River
Materials
Elephant ivory
Dimensions
Overall: 45.5 x 4.7 x 4.2 cm (17 15/16 x 1 7/8 x 1 5/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
B-668
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 46-78-50/6061 | Pestle |
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|
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| |
| 92-21-50/51041 | Ivory club |
Tools
|
Africa
| |
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Sculpture
|
Uganda
| |
| 35-31-50/1154 | Calling "horn" and musical instrument (sep) of elephant ivory |
Woodwind
|
Cameroon
| |
| 92-21-50/51040 | Ivory club |
Tools
|
Africa
| |
| 98-3-50/51313 | Ivory horn |
Woodwind
|
Africa
| |
| 37-77-50/2640 | "Big medicine" - elephant ivory tusk |
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|
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| |
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|
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| |
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|
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| |
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Brush
|
Belgian Congo
| |
| 24-32-50/B3766 | Carved ivory elephant |
Figurine
|
Uganda
| |
| 35-31-50/1156 | Calling "horn" and musical instrument (sep) of elephant ivory |
Woodwind
|
Cameroon
|