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Object Number
10-38-70/76390.1
Display Title
Carved ivory ear plug with conical shell backing
Descriptions
Object Description
Ear plug, carved bone, anthropomorphic figures, conical shell backing
Inventory Description
Ear plug, carved ivory, anthropomorphic figures, removable conical shell backing
Classification
- Earring
- Ear plug
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
France
/
French Polynesia
/
Marquesas Islands
Additional Geographic Terms
Marquesas Islands
Materials
Bone Shell Wood
Dimensions
Overall: 4.5 × 1.7 × 2 cm (1 3/4 × 11/16 × 13/16 in.) with backing
Overall: 4 cm (1 9/16 in.) without backing
Quantity
2
Label on object
76390.1
Credit Line
Gift of George L. Osgood Jr, 1910
Provenance
Donor
George L. Osgood, Jr.
(1910)
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