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Object Number
71-19-40/5116
Display Title
Pendants made of boars tusk, dogs teeth. Canine teeth and wild pig tusk.
Descriptions
Object Description
Canine teeth, possibly canis familiaris. Permenent canines, possibly from mandible. Broken tooth, cracked. Modified: root perforated, polished.
Sus scrofa (wild pig) tusk. Enamel outer covering; curved, two toned. Modified: perforated with drilled hole.
Inventory Description
Organic, bone, ornament, tusk, perforated at one end
Classification
- Ornament
Department
Archaeological
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Europe
/
Switzerland
Additional Geographic Terms
Lake dwellings; lake concise
Materials
Tusk
Dimensions
Overall: 6.6 x 1.6 x 0.7 cm (2 5/8 x 5/8 x 1/4 in.)
Quantity
7
Label on object
5116
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