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Maker(s):Unknown
Title:Crocodile carving from elephant tusk
Type:Sculpture
Materials:elephant ivory
Place Made:Africa
Accession Number:  MH SK 2006.208.INV
Credit Line:Joseph Allen Skinner Museum, Mount Holyoke College
Museum Collection:  The Joseph Allen Skinner Museum at Mount Holyoke College

Description:
Scrimshaw crocodile. Long, simple body with four rows of ridges along back to tail, and four small legs. Paddle shaped mouth, with pointed teeth glued along edges (some missing). Eyes hollowed out.

Tags:
teeth

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