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Ivory whistle?
Object Number 27-5-70/D2922
Display Title Ivory whistle?
Descriptions
Object Description Small ivory smoothed tooth or tusk - carved out perforation, green stain on surface
Inventory Description Whistle, carved and hollowed ivory, slanted mouthpiece, cracked, striated
Classification
  • Whistle
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Hawaiian
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / United States / Hawaii
Materials Ivory
Dimensions Overall: 7.8 x 2.3 x 2.3 cm (3 1/16 x 7/8 x 7/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object D/ 2922
Provenance
Collector Mrs. Edward Tenney
Donor Mr. Edward Tenney (1927)

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