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Object Number
11-2-70/83950
Display Title
Cachalot tooth
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Pendant, whale tooth, perforated at root end, chipped, splitting
Classification
- Pendant
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Fiji
Materials
Whale tooth
Dimensions
Overall: 10 x 2.7 x 2.5 cm (3 15/16 x 1 1/16 x 1 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
83950
Provenance
Collector
Dr. William McMichael Woodworth
(1896-1900 - 1911)
Donor
Donated by
Dr. William McMichael Woodworth
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