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Object Number 2004.24.26468B
Display Title Carved elephant tusk
Descriptions
Subject
  • Elephant
  • tusk
Department Photographic
Date 1971
Artist Hillel S. Burger
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
Additional Geographic Terms Congo River
Dimensions Overall: 10.16 x 12.7 cm (4 x 5 in.)

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