Unmodified tooth
Natural History Artifact
Western Arctic
Arctic
collected 19th century
Whale tooth
Overall: 6 1/8 × 2 3/16 in. (15.5 × 5.5 cm)
Overall: 1 7/8 in. (4.7 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Captain Worthen Hall and Polly D. Lovewell Hall
13.9.724
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
19th century
Object Name
Animal Remains
Research Area
Native American
Native American: Arctic-Western Arctic
Not on view
Provenance
Source unknown, in the Dartmouth College Museum collection by the late 19th century; probably collected by the Whaling Captain Worthen Hall (1802-1887), Croydon, New Hampshire [who sailed with his wife Polly D. Lovewell Hall (1807-1886) and his daughter], about 1827-1855; given to his daughter, Mary Elizabeth Hall Hubbard (1849-about 1889), Croydon, New Hampshire [to be credited as a gift from her parents]; bequeathed to present collection, 1889; catalogued, 1913.
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