Tusk

Museum number:

EOC2019.426

Permalink:

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Alternate number:

46, TEMP 2018.1557 (temporary number), and Temp. Cat. #72 (temporary number)

Accession number:

Acc.46

Description:

Polished tusk cut at the end. Polished and decorated surface, which is incised with small dots to create figural and geometric motifs. Traces of black and red paint.

Donor:

Phoebe Apperson Hearst

Culture or time period:

North America Unspecified

Collector:

Phoebe Apperson Hearst

Materials:

Tusk (material)

Object type:

ethnography

Accession date:

August 12, 1902

Department:

Registration

Comment:

Box labeled "Teaching Coll. North America Box 2".