Reproduction
Object numberRCSHC/T 123
Scientific nameElephantidae
CollectionHunterian
CategoryDry preparations
Object nametusks, Teeth & Jaws, Un-mounted dry tissue
DescriptionSpecimens of secondary dentine from the pulp cavity of an elephant's tusk.
Production date Estimated 1760 - Estimated 1793
Preparator
Owner/user
presented
Physical Location
LocationOn display in the Hunterian Museum, Room 4: The Long Gallery
Physical Information
Physical descriptionUn-mounted dry preparation of tusk.
Dimensions
whole weight: 30 g
Bibliography
SourceColyer 1913
201
NotesSpecimen is figured as fig. 154, p. 201.
SourceDobson 1970-71
TranscriptT123: Specimens of secondary dentine from the pulp cavity of an Elephant's tusk. These specimens are described in the MS. catalogue as follows: 'Five various excrescences formed within the cavity for the Pulp, in the Tusk of an Elephant.' Illustrated in John Hunter and Odontology, Fig. 154, p. 201.
