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Object Number 14-63-50/B543
Display Title Carved tusk (hippopotamus)
Descriptions
Inventory Description Organic, utilized bone, carved tusk, broken, perforated
Classification
  • Utilized bone
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Egyptian
  • Predynastic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Egypt
Additional Geographic Terms Keneh; Mesaeed
Materials Bone
Dimensions Overall: 10.8 x 1.4 x 1.1 cm (4 1/4 x 9/16 x 7/16 in.)
Quantity 40 and debris

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