Hollywood Sign - 2.037" Wood Fragment labradorite All jaw fragments include embedded

All jaw fragments include embedded teeth though the number and condition may vary

45" Woolly Rhinoceros Tooth recovered from Siberia

Giant Beaver Tooth

Extraction methods include a combination of alluvial mining

University of Chicago Press

Hollywood Sign - 2.037" Wood Fragment labradorite All jaw fragments include embeddedFor decades, the Hollywood Sign has watched over Los Angeles from Mount Lee, a symbol of the filmmaking capital of the world. First built as the Hollywoodland Sign to advertise a housing development in 1923, the sign fell into disrepair and was entirely reconstructed in the 1970s to preserve it for generations to come. This specimen is a 2. 037" wood fragment of the original 1923 sign salvaged during the reconstruction. The material was acquired from