Tusk

Museum number:
2-18104
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.856
Description:
Walrus tusk, root end cut off, tip perforated and damaged.
Donor:
A. D. Schindler
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
A. D. Schindler
Collection date:
1883
Taxon:
Odobenus rosmarus
Object type:
ethnography
Accession date:
1946
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 31.5 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Tusk, accession number 2-18104, described as Walrus tusk, root end cut off, tip perforated and damaged.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Tusk, accession number 2-18104, described as Walrus tusk, root end cut off, tip perforated and damaged.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Tusk, accession number 2-18104, described as Walrus tusk, root end cut off, tip perforated and damaged.

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