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Turned and Perforated Ivory Dodecahedron, from the Tradescant Collection, ?17th Century

Inventory Number 47571


Item type
Object
Provenance
Lent by the Ashmolean Museum in 2002 (accessioned in 2013). From the Tradescant Collection.
Physical material
Ivory
Inventory No
47571

Description

Very tiny.

'Openwork, ivory dodecahedron containing a solid irregular ball with drilled holes: remains of seven radial spikes with expanded bases survive in the holes.'

From Tradescant's Rarities, ed. Arthur MacGregor, Oxford, 1983.