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Object Number
46-78-10/28048
Display Title
Ivory pipe carved like walrus with smaller animal on back - slender piece fits i
Descriptions
Object Description
Ivory pipe carved like walrus with smaller animal on back - slender piece fits into two pegs on back, incised designs of black and red
Inventory Description
Carved ivory, walruses, scrimshaw geo. design, figures, 2 hoops on top, and fish
Classification
- Raw Material
- Carving
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Western Arctic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Alaska
Materials
Ivory
Dimensions
Overall: 25 x 4.6 x 3 cm (9 13/16 x 1 13/16 x 1 3/16 in.)
Quantity
3
Label on object
46-78-10/28048 & 4
Provenance
Collector
Mr. Ernest T. Jackson
(01/01/1880-01/01/1900)
Donor
Mr. Patrick T. Jackson
(11/27/1946)
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