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Object Number
65-3-50/10710
Display Title
Hippopotamus canine
Descriptions
Object Description
Hippopotamus canine, implement?
Inventory Description
Animal tooth, c shaped, broken, chipped
Classification
- Bone
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Zaire
Additional Geographic Terms
Africa, central: Belgian Congo; Stanley Pool; Leopoldville, near
Materials
Animal tooth, Hippopotamus ivory
Dimensions
Overall: 25 x 12 x 4 cm (9 13/16 x 4 3/4 x 1 9/16 in.)
Quantity
2
Label on object
65-3-50/10710
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 65-3-50/10709 | Pair of Hippopotamus incisors |
Bone
|
Zaire
| |
| 37-77-50/2941 | Pendant of pigmy hippopotamus teeth |
Necklace
|
Liberia
| |
| 47-62-60/9781 | Fragment of Hippopotamus molar |
Faunal Remain
|
Mahadeniya
| |
| 39-69-50/5173 | Hippopotamus tusk |
Faunal Remain
|
Tangier
| |
| 2004.24.17191A | Clay spindle whorls, pendant of Pigmy hippopotamus teeth |
Liberia
| ||
| 2004.24.17191B | Clay spindle whorls, pendant of Pigmy hippopotamus teeth |
Liberia
| ||
| 14-63-50/B539 | Carved tusk (hippopotamus) |
Ornament
|
Egypt
| |
| 14-63-50/B545 | Carved tusk (hippopotamus) |
Ornament
|
Egypt
| |
| 14-63-50/B546 | Carved tusk (hippopotamus) |
Ornament
|
Egypt
| |
| 14-63-50/B543 | Carved tusk (hippopotamus) |
Utilized bone
|
Egypt
| |
| 28-11-50/B4415 | Hippopotamus hide whip |
Whip
|
Tanganyika Territory
| |
| 40-24-50/4927 | Melanoxylon - black wood figure of hippopotamus; trade piece |
Figurine
|
Africa
|