Incised Mammoth Tusk
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1976
name: label: Collector
content: Prof Bohuslav Klima
label: Donor Name
content: Prof Bohuslav Klima
notes: label: Notes
content: From Card: Reconstructed cast of distal end of tusk. Incised on two surfaces with uninterpreted geometric design, illustrating the development of manual dexterity. When received, this cast was badly shattered and the present form was reconstructed by the Exhibits Laboratory.
label: Notes
content: NOTE: A resin cast was made in the 1980's-1990's and placed on exhibit in Hall 6 ("Ice Age Mammals and the Emergence of Man"). The resin cast was assigned a T-number (AT-24475) when it was removed from exhibit in 1997, as it had no number written on it. During preparation for the Human Origins Hall, Kathleen Gordon identified the resin cast as being a copy of A474173, so it was decided to cancel the T-number and number the resin cast A474173. The original 474173 (which was also a cast -- was it plaster??) is missing.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 8 Jan 2015
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Czech Republic, Europe
topic: label: Topic
content: Archaeology
culture: label: Culture
content: Paleolithic
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 322222
label: USNM Number
content: A474173-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Cast
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 38.5 cm
label: Depth - Object
content: 6.5 cm