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Description: | Two (2) ivory tusk tips, pierced at the open end with 8 holes for suspension of a pendant, or as fixings for a cover over the open end so that the hollowed tusk becomes a vessel.
Disintegrating when found and preserved by a thick coat of wax. Predynastic.
Qau-el-Kebir 1519 with nos.7034-6. Waxed 1924
Material: Ivory | Source: | Manchester Museum | Identifier: | mm.emu.ecatalogue.humanities.108271 | Go to resource |
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