World's Largest Tooth Now Owned by Harvard
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Title
World's Largest Tooth Now Owned by Harvard
Subject
Boston Globe
Harvard University. Dental School. Museum
Articles
Boston Traveler
Description
In 1929, Boston newspapers ran some unusual articles on the latest acquisition of the Dental Museum. This was no human Tooth, but a mastodon's tusk estimated to be 50,000 years old. Over 11 feet long and weighing 300 pounds, it was one of the largest such specimens ever found. On a trip to Alaska, Adelbert Fernald obtained the tusk from a prospector who discovered it in a bank of the Porcupine River, beyond the Arctic Circle. The mastodon's tusk traveled by dogsled and boat and ultimately found its way to Harvard's Dental Museum. The current whereabouts of the mastodon tusk are, however, unknown.
Abstract
Newspaper clippings from the Boston Globe and the Boston Traveler concerning the acquisition of mastadon tusk by the Dental Museum
Creator
Boston Globe and Boston Traveler
Date Created
1929 January 09-10
Rights
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Access Rights
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Is Part Of
Harvard Medical Library Rare Books Collection (E17.AC1922 File)
Format
text
Extent
2 articles
Language
English
Type
text
Identifier
DigID0002332
Provenance
From the Archives of the Harvard Dental School
Files
Collection
Citation
Boston Globe and Boston Traveler, “World's Largest Tooth Now Owned by Harvard,” OnView, accessed May 9, 2024, https://collections.countway.harvard.edu/onview/index.php/items/show/6489.