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Object Number
99-12-50/53763
Display Title
Fetish on cord, boar's tusk
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Animal tusk, perforated on twisted fiber string
Classification
- Raw Material
- Ornament
Department
Ethnographic
Date
before 1899
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Ghana
Additional Geographic Terms
Africa, western
Materials
Tooth, Fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 9.8 x 1.2 x 1.2 cm (3 7/8 x 1/2 x 1/2 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
99-12-50/53763
Credit Line
Gift of the Heirs of David Kimball, 1899
Provenance
Provenance
Boston Museum
Donor
David P. Kimball
Donor
Augusta K. Horton
Donor
L. Cushing Kimball
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