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1938.36.732

Pig tusk worn as pendant. [El.B 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 19/9/2005]

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1938.36.732

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Collection type
Object
Description
Pig tusk worn as pendant. [El.B 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 19/9/2005]
Geographical reference
Papua New Guinea
Oceania > Melanesia > Papua New Guinea
Morobe Province
Cultural groups
Anga
Person
Field collector Beatrice Mary Blackwood
PRM source Beatrice Mary Blackwood
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1937
Date collected
6 March 1937
Acquisition information
Donated: 1938
Materials and processes
Material Boar Tooth Animal
Dimensions
Length: max 105 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1938.36.732 Other numbers: Blackwood ii 732

Search terms: Ornament, Animalia, Status, Pendant, Animal Part

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