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1917.25.89.1

Vessel for holding stibium.

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1917.25.89.1

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Collection type
Object
Description
Vessel for holding stibium.
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1917
Date collected
By 1917
Acquisition information
Donated: 1917
Materials and processes
Material Elephant Tooth Ivory Animal
Dimensions
Height 140 mm, Diameter: max 35 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1917.25.89.1 Accession number: 1917.25.89.2
Research and responses

Antimony: (Sb, from Latin stibium), a metallic element belonging to the nitrogen family (Group Va of the periodic table). Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica. [MR 17/12/99]

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