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Object Number
78-26-10/14636
Display Title
Shark's tooth pendant
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Archaeological, ornament, single shark's tooth pendant with single perforation at top, species identified as Isurus oxyrinchus (short fin mako shark)
Classification
- Pendant
Department
Archaeological
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
New Jersey
/
Mercer County
/
Trenton
Materials
Tooth
Dimensions
Overall: 3.8 × 2.4 × 0.8 cm (1 1/2 × 15/16 × 5/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
78-26-10/14636
Provenance
Collector
Dr. Charles C. Abbott
(1878)
Expedition
Peabody Museum Expedition
(07/1878)
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