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Object Number 27-5-70/D2924.1
Display Title Sperm whale tooth
Descriptions
Inventory Description Animal tooth
Classification
  • Bone
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Hawaiian
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / United States / Hawaii
Materials Animal tooth
Dimensions Overall: 17 × 7 × 3.5 cm (6 11/16 × 2 3/4 × 1 3/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object D/2924/ 24 / 27-5-70/D2924.1
Provenance
Collector Mrs. Edward Tenney
Donor Mr. Edward Tenney (1927)

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