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1942.3.2.2B

Transverse section of hippopotamus ivory, lower inscisor [DCF Court Team 4/12/2002][JU 29/10/2014]

1942.3.2.2B

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Collection type
Object
Description
Transverse section of hippopotamus ivory, lower inscisor [DCF Court Team 4/12/2002][JU 29/10/2014]
Geographical reference
Africa
Africa
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1942
Date collected
By 1942
Acquisition information
Purchased: 1942
Materials and processes
Material Hippo Ivory Tooth Animal
Dimensions
Length: max 75 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1942.3.2.2B
Associated publications
Ilustrated in Illustrated in black and white as Plate VII in Pictures of Ivory and other Animal Teeth, Bone and Antler by T. K. Penniman (Oxford: Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford, Occasional Paper on Technology, 5). The illustration is captioned as follows: 'HIPPOPOTAMUS, LOWER INCISOR - transverse section x3' [JU 29/10/2014] See 1942.3.2 .1 B for longitudinal section. [MJD 21/06/2012]

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