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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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