Ivory whistle?

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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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