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1938.23.79

?Arm or ?breast ornament of a single creamy brown pig tusk with its end curved round beyond its base to form a spiral. [EC 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 21/11/2005]

1938.23.79

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Collection type
Object
Description
?Arm or ?breast ornament of a single creamy brown pig tusk with its end curved round beyond its base to form a spiral. [EC 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 21/11/2005]
Geographical reference
Vanuatu
Oceania > Melanesia > Vanuatu
Mai Malakula
Person
Field collector George Charles Frederick
PRM source George Charles Frederick
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1891
Date collected
1891
Acquisition information
Donated: 1938
Materials and processes
Material Pig Tooth Animal
Dimensions
Diameter: max 92 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1938.23.79
Research and responses

7 tusks are entries [1938.23.73 - 79]. [CF 9/3/2000]

Search terms: Ornament, Arm Ornament, Breast Ornament

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