Tusk, worked with perforation at one end, other end cut

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Object Number 2003.1.2254

Display Title Tusk, worked with perforation at one end, other end cut

Descriptions

Object Description Tusk, worked with perforation at one end, other end cut

Inventory Description Tusk, walrus, worked with perforation at one end, other end cut

Classification

Tools

Department Ethnographic

Materials Ivory

Dimensions Overall: 38.2 x 6.5 x 4 cm (15 1/16 x 2 9/16 x 1 9/16 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 2003.1.2254/ 38-B.T

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Object Number	Title	Classification	Geography/Provenience
2003.1.2258	Tusk, walrus, worked to point, one end flat cut, other curved	Tools
2003.1.2257	Tusk, walrus, worked, possible scraper end, flat cut other end, cracked	Tools
2003.1.2255	Tusk, walrus, worked, blunt blade-like end, 2 grooves other end creating grip	Tools
2003.1.2256	Tusk, walrus, tapered, flattened one side, flat cut end	Tools
2003.1.2259	Tusk, walrus, worked, tapered to blunt end, slightly hollow socket, brown	Tools
88-51-10/49965	Ivory implement - hook at one end, perforation at other - for tightening sinew	Tools	Alaska
2003.1.1791	Carved wood pole, 1 end cut crosswise, other end worked to point	Tools	Oceania
86-46-10/92056	Cut and worked animal bone tube, two perforations at one end, incised linear decoration, less deeply incised design on one side	Ornament	Hahn's Field
01-38-10/68697	Cut and worked antler fragment, incised on one side, flattened on the other side, sharpened end	Utilized Antler	Madisonville
2003.1.2454	Tusk fragments, boar?, notched at one end where they were perforated and brkn	Bone
38-44-10/12906	Piece of walrus tusk, used in a snow snake game	Tools	North America
21-28-50/B2899.1	Wood cylinder, 1 end tapered, other end cut crosswise, cracked, abraded	Tools	Cameroon

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