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Object Number
46-43-10/27789
Display Title
Inscribed walrus tusk
Descriptions
Object Description
Inscribed walrus tusk
Inventory Description
Ivory tusk, unworked.
Classification
- Carving
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Eskimo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
Greenland?
Materials
Ivory
Dimensions
Overall: 38.5 x 8.5 x 4.5 cm (15 3/16 x 3 3/8 x 1 3/4 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
46-43-10/27789 & To Walter Hines Page / from the Peary ###
Provenance
Collector
Matthew Henson
(1909)
Donor
Katharine Page Loring
(June 24, 1946)
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