Tooth (possibly a Whale's Tooth)

Unknown people (Northwest Coast)
Northwest Coast

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collected 1820-1860

Whale tooth

Overall: 4 × 1 7/16 in. (10.2 × 3.7 cm)

Overall: 15/16 in. (2.4 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Margaret Barnhill Roosevelt Kimberly

22.3.1921

Geography

Place Made: Northwest Coast, United States, North America

Period

19th century

Object Name

Animal Remains

Research Area

Native American

Native American: Northwest Coast

Not on view

Provenance

Collected by "an old sea captain," about 1820-1860; to General John Hewston, California; bequeathed to his niece, Margaret Barnhill Roosevelt Kimberly (1851-1927), West Newton, Massachusetts; given to present collection, 1922..

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