Whale Tooth

2003-32-105

From: New Caledonia

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

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Object Number 2003-32-105
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience New Caledonia
Section Oceanian
Materials Whale Tooth
Description

Large tooth of sperm whale (cachalot), yellow, stained. Exhibited at l'Exposition universelle de Paris 1900. Handwritten on it: Nlle. Caledonie 16302 / Dent de Cachelos [Cachalot]. Exhibited at l'Exposition universelle de Paris 1900.

Height 3.5 cm
Length 12.1 cm
Width 5.2 cm
Credit Line Gift of the Philadelphia Commercial Museum (also known as the Philadelphia Civic Center Museum), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2003
Other Number 1994.X.11389 - Other Number | 16862 - Other Number

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