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Object Number 93-1-10/49953
Display Title Iron bag fastener
Descriptions
Object Description Iron bag fastener
Inventory Description Ivory toggle, elongated form, perforated in center, incised linear design
Classification
  • Raw Material
  • Button
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Eskimo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska
Materials Ivory
Dimensions Overall: 14.1 x 0.9 x 0.7 cm (5 9/16 x 3/8 x 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 49953
Provenance
Collector Unknown
Donor Prof. Frederic Ward Putnam (01/01/1893)

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