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Object Number
98-3-50/51313
Display Title
Ivory horn
Descriptions
Object Description
Elephant ivory horn. There are openings at both the distal and proximal ends of the artifact.
Inventory Description
Horn, hollow tapered tubular, round mouthhole, broken, brown splattering
Classification
- Woodwind
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
Additional Geographic Terms
Congo River?
Materials
Ivory, Pigment, Elephant ivory
Dimensions
Overall: 34.5 x 5.1 x 4 cm (13 9/16 x 2 x 1 9/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
51313
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