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Object Number
88-51-10/50166
Display Title
Ivory belt button
Descriptions
Object Description
Ivory belt button
Inventory Description
Button, discoidal, incised
Classification
- Button
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1800-1888
Culture
- Unaliqmiut
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Alaska
/
<County>
/
St. Michael
Additional Geographic Terms
Norton Sound
Materials
Bone
Dimensions
Overall: 2.9 x 2.9 x 0.5 cm (1 1/8 x 1 1/8 x 3/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
50166/ 1
Provenance
Collector
Edward William Nelson
(1882)
Donor
Smithsonian Institution
(1888)
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 98-18-10/51984 | Belt buttons? |
Button
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Nome Census Area
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| 98-18-10/51967 | Ivory buttons-square with incised circle |
Button
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| 98-18-10/51965 | Ivory buttons with incised circle motif |
Button
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| 98-18-10/51963 | Ivory buttons with incised circle motif |
Button
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| 98-18-10/51964 | Ivory buttons with incised circle motif |
Button
|
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| 98-18-10/51987.5 | Button, carved ivory duck figure |
Button
|
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| 98-18-10/51987.4 | Button, carved ivory |
Button
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| 88-51-10/50065 | Ivory top. May be button to spin on. |
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| 98-18-10/51966 | Ivory buttons-perforated |
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| 98-18-10/51987.2 | Button, carved ivory |
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