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Furniture element: E.159.1900

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Current Location: In storage

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Description

Fragments of burnt ivory (c. 50) from leg of furniture in the form of a bull's foot; two large fragments, carefully carved, showing details of veins and on smaller fragment, two grooves

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Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1900)

Materials used in production

Ivory

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Identification numbers

Accession number: E.159.1900
Primary reference Number: 50139
Oldadmincategory: W
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Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Friday 14 May 2021 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

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Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Antiquities

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