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Part of an ivory spindle staff

Part of an ivory spindle staff

-1300–-1101

Medium: Hippopotamus ivory
Dimensions: 1 3/4 × 1/2 × 3/8 in., 0.176oz. (4.5 × 1.3 × 0.9 cm, 5g)
Genre: Miscellaneous-Bone, Ivory
Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

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