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Ivory
Object Number 27-5-70/D2921
Display Title Ivory
Descriptions
Object Description Perforated roughly rectangular form - bottom flat with incised linear serrations at one end - top somewhat rounded, variegated brown
Inventory Description Unknown ivory object, brownish, rectangular, cut, 4 drill holes, notched
Classification
  • Tools
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Hawaiian
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / United States / Hawaii
Materials Ivory
Dimensions Overall: 11.6 x 4.4 x 2.1 cm (4 9/16 x 1 3/4 x 13/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object D/ 2921
Provenance
Collector Mrs. Edward Tenney
Donor Mr. Edward Tenney (1927)

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