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Object Number
88-51-10/50176
Display Title
Ivory implement for tightening strings of pack with incised linear design
Descriptions
Object Description
Ivory implement for tightening strings of pack with incised linear design
Inventory Description
String tightener?, ivory, curved, incised, pigmented linear band design
Classification
- Tools
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
Ivory
Dimensions
Overall: 13.7 x 0.6 x 0.6 cm (5 3/8 x 1/4 x 1/4 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
50176, 24528, Alaska, St M
Provenance
Collector
Lucien M. Turner
Donor
Smithsonian Institution
(1888)
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