- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Hollowed pig tusk with striations, possibly an ornament or tool. [ASh [OPS move] 11/11/2016]
- Geographical reference
- West Papua
- Person
- Field collector Unknown Collector
- PRM source Ipswich Museum
- PRM source Patricia Margaret Maclaren Butler
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1966
- Date collected
- By 1966
- Acquisition information
- Purchased: 1966
- Materials and processes
- Material Pig Tooth Animal, Process Hollowed
- Dimensions
- Depth 21 mm, Width: max 50 mm, Length 107 mm across curve
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1966.1.644
Search terms: Animalia, Ornament, Tool, Animal Part, Scraper
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