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Belt hook [U-shaped ivory object with incised geometric design (blackened)]
Belt hook [U-shaped ivory object with incised geometric design (blackened)]
Object Number 88-51-10/50183
Display Title Belt hook [U-shaped ivory object with incised geometric design (blackened)]
Descriptions
Object Description Belt hook [U-shaped ivory object with incised geometric design (blackened)]
Inventory Description Clasp, belt hook, carved U-shape, incised, pigmented geometric design, one perf
Classification
  • Clasp
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: 2.6 x 2.5 x 1 cm (1 x 1 x 3/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 50183, 24644 [crossed out], St M
Provenance
Collector Lucien M. Turner (1876)
Donor Smithsonian Institution (1888)

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