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Object Number
40-77-40/11347
Display Title
Pendant, boar's tooth
Descriptions
Object Description
Boar's tooth with an iron rivet through the base and painted with geometric designs. The surviving paint is red, probably ocher, and the designs include spirals. Must have served as a pendant. 11.5x3.5 cm. (bent).
Inventory Description
Organic, bone, ornament, boar's tooth, faint red painted geometric design, iron
Classification
- Raw Material
- Ornament
Department
Archaeological
Culture
- Late Iron Age
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Europe
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Slovenia
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Vinica
Intrasite
Grave 163
Materials
Bone, Iron
Dimensions
Overall: 11.1 x 2.4 x 0.8 cm (4 3/8 x 15/16 x 5/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
40-77-40/11347
Provenance
Provenance
Duchess Marie of Mecklenburg
(1906)
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