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Object Number 10-38-70/76392
Display Title Ear plug
Descriptions
Inventory Description Earring, intricately carved ivory, incised designs, perforated
Classification
  • Ear plug
  • Earring
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / France / French Polynesia / Marquesas Islands
Additional Geographic Terms Marquesas Islands
Materials Whale tooth
Dimensions Overall: 4.4 × 2 × 1.5 cm (1 3/4 × 13/16 × 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 76392
Credit Line Gift of George L. Osgood Jr, 1910

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