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Ivory horn
Object Number 99-12-50/53222
Display Title Ivory horn
Descriptions
Inventory Description Ivory horn/whistle, rectangular perforation, punctate bands, veg fiber twine-w
Classification
  • Unclassified
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1899
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
Materials Horn, Vegetable fiber, Ivory
Dimensions Overall: 22.3 x 5.2 x 3.4 cm (8 3/4 x 2 1/16 x 1 5/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 53222
Credit Line Gift of the Heirs of David Kimball, 1899
Provenance
Owner Peale Museum (1827? 1830?)
Owner David Kimball (1873)
Donor David Kimball
Donor Augusta K. Horton
Donor L. Cushing Kimball

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