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Image Not Available for Bone: Hippo
Bone: Hippo
Image Not Available for Bone: Hippo
Object Number 29-45-50/H451
Display Title Bone: Hippo
Descriptions
Inventory Description Organic, bone faunal remain, vertabra
Classification
  • Faunal Remain
Department Archaeological
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Cameroon / Tuscany / <County> / <City> / Goulfei
Intrasite Layer 8; 6'5"- 7'10" down
Additional Geographic Terms Shari Basin; Sudan; mound in the middle of town
Materials Bone
Dimensions Overall: 9.2 x 10.8 x 7.8 cm (3 5/8 x 4 1/4 x 3 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object H451

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Image Not Available for Bones: mostly hippo
29-45-50/H450 Bones: mostly hippo
Faunal Remain
Goulfei
Image Not Available for Bones: Domestic cow, hippo, fish
29-45-50/H449 Bones: Domestic cow, hippo, fish
Faunal Remain
Goulfei
Hippo hide whips
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Unclassified
Raw Material
Angola
Bracelet of hippo skin
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Raw Material
Bracelet
Angola
Hippo hide whips
23-33-50/B3548.2 Hippo hide whips
Unclassified
Raw Material
Angola
Whip, hippo hide
66-36-50/10857 Whip, hippo hide
Whip
Kenya
Bone
75-20-30/8902 Bone
Faunal Remain
Raw Material
Shell heap 1
Image Not Available for Bone fragment
976-24-10/53106.1 Bone fragment
Faunal Remain
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Men with a hippo head
2004.29.12068 Men with a hippo head
Uganda
Hippos in water
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Africa
Image Not Available for Vertabra of fish
99-39-10/A3435.1 Vertabra of fish
Faunal Remain
Hillsborough County
Animal bone fragments, including bird bone and fish bone fragments
97-38-10/57592.1 Animal bone fragments, including bird bone and fish bone fragments
Faunal Remain
Madisonville; Ohio State Site # 33HA 36