Tusk fragment

Museum number:
2-37116
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.1696
Description:
Tip of partly fossilized walrus tusk; perforated on side.
Donor:
Leonard J. Gerlach
Collection place:
King Island, Nome Borough, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; King Island
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Leonard J. Gerlach
Collection date:
1962
Taxon:
Odobenus rosmarus
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Fragments (object portions)
Accession date:
1963
Context of use:
Fossil walrus ivory somebody started to fashion into a tool.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
width 4.1 centimeters and length 7 centimeters
Comment:
Remarks: "See acc. envelope for accompanying letter from donor.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Tusk fragment, accession number 2-37116, described as Tip of partly fossilized walrus tusk; perforated on side.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Tusk fragment, accession number 2-37116, described as Tip of partly fossilized walrus tusk; perforated on side.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Tusk fragment, accession number 2-37116, described as Tip of partly fossilized walrus tusk; perforated on side.

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