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Object Number 00-8-70/55324
Display Title Necklace, boar's tusk pendant
Descriptions
Inventory Description Necklace, boar tusk pendant, bundled black fiber wrapped with buff, knotted
Classification
  • Necklace
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Fiji
Dimensions Overall: 36 x 15 x 3.5 cm (14 3/16 x 5 7/8 x 1 3/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 55324
Provenance
Collector Alexander Agassiz (1899-1900)
Collector Dr. William McMichael Woodworth (1899-1900)
Collector U.S. Fish Commission Ship Albatross Expedition (1899-1900)
Donor Donated by Alexander Agassiz (1900)

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Raw Material
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Utilized bone
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