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Object Number 47-73-70/2907
Display Title Pig's jaws with tusks
Descriptions
Object Description Pig's jaws with tusks. See Authorities and Bibliography for more info.
Inventory Description Pig jawbone, teeth intact, some missing, circular tusks
Classification
  • Bone
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Vanuatu
Oceania / Vanuatu / <State> / Rano Island
Materials Animal bone
Dimensions Overall: 11 x 17 x 27 cm (4 5/16 x 6 11/16 x 10 5/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 47-73-70/2907; W.L. MOSS / Pig Tusks / Rano Island / New Hebredies / 2 sh

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