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1800-1899
GUSN-25135
Semi-circular form, consisting of the jaw bone with at least five teeth intact. Several teeth have become permanently attached together.
bone (material)
bone (material)
ivory (tooth component)
Decoration
Decoration
Coffin House (Newbury, Mass.),
Unknown
2 3/8 (W) (inches)
Gift of Margaret E.C. Merriam in memory of her mother Elizabeth Low Coffin Colman
1985.198
Massachusetts (United States)
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