Artwork : ArchiveNo00102

Crocodile Tooth 1950

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Contributor Name	Greg Nugent
Contributor Image	No_00102_Greg_Nugent.jpg
Profession
Location	Southsea
Collection Date	13.03.08 10.25am
Artefact Name	Crocodile Tooth
Artefact Description	Crocodile’s tooth in patterned cardboard box. ‘Property of Gregory Nugent’ written on piece of paper inside the box by his mother. Loose piece of yellow cellotape in the box. The box may be a jewellery box lid.
Artefact Date	1950
Artefact Stored	In a drawer in the living room
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Artefact Image	croc_tooth_00102.jpg
Sample Taken	Tooth chip, bit of cellotape
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History of Artefact	“I loved going to the zoo when I was a boy. We had membership to Dublin Zoo. I particularly liked the reptile house. I would always go in and make my way over to the crocodile. I would stare at it and feel sad for it. Mr Smart, the zookeeper, was in charge of the reptile house. One day I went in and he had kept a crocodile’s tooth for me! I was seven (1973). My mum labelled the tooth which is typical of her character.”
Historian	Catherine Smith
Previous Owners	The crocodile!
Special Memories	“The crocodile’s tooth was my prize possession as a little boy. It was given to me again recently by my mum and seeing it triggered the old memories. My daughter is fascinated by it and took it into school. I still associate the tooth with feeling sad for the crocodile in captivity.”
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