Skull with stand

Museum number:
7-5942a,b
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
7-3942a,b (data entry error) and 9-7381a,b (previous museum number (recataloged from))
Accession number:
Acc.1085
Description:
Skull with stand; a) miniature human skull, carved whale tooth; 6.2 cm deep; b) stand: rectangular horn and ivory carving with winged griffins as feet; length 8.2 cm, width 6 cm.
Donor:
Elizabeth Warder Ellis
Collection place:
Italy
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Miniature (size attribute)
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Accession date:
1952
Department:
Europe and western Russia (except Classical Mediterranean)
Comment:
A record for this object under the number 7-3942a,b existed for a time due to data entry error.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Skull with stand, accession number 7-5942a,b, described as Skull with stand; a) miniature human skull, carved whale tooth; 6.2 cm deep; b) stand: rectangular horn and ivory carving with winged griffins as feet; length 8.2 cm, width 6 cm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Skull with stand, accession number 7-5942a,b, described as Skull with stand; a) miniature human skull, carved whale tooth; 6.2 cm deep; b) stand: rectangular horn and ivory carving with winged griffins as feet; length 8.2 cm, width 6 cm.Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Skull with stand, accession number 7-5942a,b, described as Skull with stand; a) miniature human skull, carved whale tooth; 6.2 cm deep; b) stand: rectangular horn and ivory carving with winged griffins as feet; length 8.2 cm, width 6 cm.Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Skull with stand, accession number 7-5942a,b, described as Skull with stand; a) miniature human skull, carved whale tooth; 6.2 cm deep; b) stand: rectangular horn and ivory carving with winged griffins as feet; length 8.2 cm, width 6 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Skull with stand, accession number 7-5942a,b, described as Skull with stand; a) miniature human skull, carved whale tooth; 6.2 cm deep; b) stand: rectangular horn and ivory carving with winged griffins as feet; length 8.2 cm, width 6 cm.

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