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Object Number
88-51-10/50357
Display Title
Pick axe blade made of walrus tusk
Descriptions
Object Description
Pick axe blade made of walrus tusk
Inventory Description
Pick axe, ivory, point flattened, perforated and notched at broad end, broken
Classification
- Axe
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1800-1888
Culture
- Navugmiut
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Alaska
/
North Slope Burough
Additional Geographic Terms
Point Barrow
Materials
Ivory
Dimensions
Overall: 36.7 x 3.8 x 2.7 cm (14 7/16 x 1 1/2 x 1 1/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
14.[crossed out] Pickaxe/56542.[crossed out] Ooglaamie.1887/50357 P.H. Ray, U.S.
Provenance
Collector
Lt. P. H. Ray
(1882)
Donor
Smithsonian Institution
(1888)
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