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Object Number 99-15-70/53932
Display Title Perforated boar's tusk
Descriptions
Inventory Description Ornament, boar tusk, C-shaped, perforated root end, other end broken
Classification
  • Ornament
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Samoa
Materials Tusk
Dimensions Overall: 10.9 x 9.4 x 10.8 cm (4 5/16 x 3 11/16 x 4 1/4 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 53932
Provenance
Collector Dr. William McMichael Woodworth

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