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Object Number
63-29-70/4099
Display Title
Pig tusk scraper (wam aik)
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Ornament, tusk, curved, worked, tapered at one end
Classification
- Ornament
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Dani
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Indonesia
Oceania / New Guinea
Oceania / New Guinea
Additional Geographic Terms
Grand Valley of the Baliem River; Kutelu Area
Materials
Tooth
Dimensions
Overall: 8.1 x 1.4 x 1.6 cm (3 3/16 x 9/16 x 5/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
63-29-70/4099
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 64-18-70/4313 | Miscellaneous pig tusks used as scrapers (wam aik) |
Ornament
|
Indonesia
New Guinea | |
| 64-18-70/4315 | Pig tusk graver with fiber handle (wam aik) |
Ornament
|
Irian Jaya
| |
| 64-18-70/4312 | Pig tusk |
Ornament
|
Indonesia
New Guinea | |
| 64-18-70/4311 | Pig tusk |
Ornament
|
Indonesia
New Guinea | |
| 63-29-70/4138 | Pig tusk nose ornament (wamik) |
Ornament
|
New Guinea
Indonesia | |
| 63-29-70/4139 | 2 pairs pig tusks (wanik) head ornaments |
Ornament
|
Irian Jaya
| |
| 64-18-70/4309 | Double pig tusks - fixed together as nose ornament (wamaik) |
Ornament
|
New Guinea
Indonesia | |
| 64-18-70/4310 | Double pig tusks - fixed together as nose ornament (wamaik) |
Ornament
|
New Guinea
Indonesia | |
| 27-56-70/D2817 | Pig tusks |
Ornament
|
Papua New Guinea
| |
| 63-29-70/4140 | 6 pairs of pig tusks (wanik) - head ornaments |
Ornament
|
Irian Jaya
| |
| 64-18-70/4308 | Double pig tusks - fixed together as nose ornament |
Ornament
|
Indonesia
New Guinea | |
| 47-72-70/2774 | Pair of pig tusks |
Ornament
|
Rano Island
Vanuatu |