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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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