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Object Number
10-38-70/76391
Display Title
Ear plug, carved ivory
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Earring, intricately carved ivory, incised designs, perforated
Classification
- Earring
- Ear plug
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
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France
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French Polynesia
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Marquesas Islands
Additional Geographic Terms
Marquesas Islands
Materials
Whale tooth
Dimensions
Overall: 5.2 × 1.5 × 1.5 cm (2 1/16 × 9/16 × 9/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
76391
Credit Line
Gift of George L. Osgood Jr, 1910
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