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Object Number 27-5-70/D2923
Display Title Boar tusks
Descriptions
Inventory Description Boar tusks and fragments, 1 claw looking object, 1 tooth looking object
Classification
  • Bone
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Hawaiian
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / United States / Hawaii
Dimensions Overall: 12.4 x 1.7 x 1.8 cm (4 7/8 x 11/16 x 11/16 in.)
Quantity 16
Label on object D/ 2923
Provenance
Collector Mrs. Edward Tenney
Donor Mr. Edward Tenney (1927)

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