Left femur of extinct elephant, Alaska, Ice Age

Made:: 18000000–9500 BCE in Alaska

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Diseased left femur of extinct elephant
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Diseased left femur of extinct elephant, showing two large bone cysts, from pleistocene age, Alaska, United States, 1.8 million years ago – 11, 500 years ago

Diseased left femur of extinct elephant, showing two large bone cysts, from pleistocene age, Alaska, USA

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Category:: Ethnography and Folk Medicine

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A272118

Materials:: bone

Measurements:: overall: 235 mm x 920 mm x 235 mm,

type:: femur

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