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Object Number 88-51-10/50174.1
Display Title Ivory toggle. Holes in toggle suggest its use as an amulet to be hung.
Descriptions
Object Description Ivory toggle. Holes in toggle suggest its use as an amulet to be hung. 5.5x1.5x1
Inventory Description Toggle, carved seal, incised facial features and flippers, many perforations
Classification
  • Accessory
Department Ethnographic
Date 1800-1888
Culture
  • Unaliqmiut
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska / <County> / St. Michael
Additional Geographic Terms Norton Sound
Dimensions Overall: 5.5 x 1.5 x 1 cm (2 3/16 x 9/16 x 3/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 50174; 129285 / St. M / Turner
Provenance
Collector Lucien M. Turner
Donor Smithsonian Institution (1888)

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