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Object Number
37-77-50/2640
Display Title
"Big medicine" - elephant ivory tusk
Descriptions
Object Description
"Big medicine" - elephant's tusk
Inventory Description
Tusk, ivory, worn brown mottled and streaked surface, cracked
Classification
- Bone
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Gio
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Liberia
Materials
Elephant ivory
Dimensions
Overall: 72 x 10 x 9.2 cm (28 3/8 x 3 15/16 x 3 5/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
37-77-50/2640
Provenance
Collector
Dr. George W. Harley
(1936-1937)
Seller
Dr. George W. Harley
(1936-1937)
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