Boar's tooth
Boar's tooth

Currently not on view

Boar's tooth,

before 1924

y1953-234

Information

Title
Boar's tooth
Dates

before 1924

Medium
Tooth
Dimensions
l. 8.2 cm., w. 2.4 cm., d. 1.6 cm. (3 1/4 x 15/16 x 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Donald B. Doyle in memory of her husband, Class of 1905
Object Number
y1953-234
Place Made

Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Culture
African
Type
tooth
Materials
tooth
Subject
animals

Gift of Mrs. Donald B. Doyle, 1947. Collected by Joyce K. Doyle in the present-day Democratic Republic of the Congo (former Belgian Congo) in or near Tshikapa (Kasai region) or Kinshasa between 1919 and 1923.

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