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Object Number
11-2-70/83927
Display Title
Whale tooth
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
Tabua
Inventory Description
Whale tooth pendant strung on twisted leaf cord, perforated ends
Classification
- Pendant
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Samoa
Oceania / Fiji
Oceania / Fiji
Materials
Whale tooth, Leaf
Dimensions
Overall: 30.5 x 13 x 5 cm (12 x 5 1/8 x 1 15/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
83927
Provenance
Collector
Dr. William McMichael Woodworth
(1896-1900)
Donor
Donated by
Dr. William McMichael Woodworth
(1911)
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