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Object Number
98-18-10/51966
Display Title
Ivory buttons-perforated
Descriptions
Object Description
Ivory buttons-perforated
Inventory Description
Buttons, carved ivory, rectangular, plain
Classification
- Button
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Sinrarmiut
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Alaska
/
Nome Census Area
Additional Geographic Terms
Port Clarence, Vicinity of
Materials
Ivory
Dimensions
Overall: 2.6 x 1.1 x 1.1 cm (1 x 7/16 x 7/16 in.)
Quantity
4
Label on object
51966
Provenance
Collector
Capt. Miner Bruce
(?)
Donor
Capt. Miner Bruce
(1898)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 98-18-10/51965 | Ivory buttons with incised circle motif |
Button
|
Nome Census Area
| |
| 98-18-10/51963 | Ivory buttons with incised circle motif |
Button
|
Nome Census Area
| |
| 98-18-10/51967 | Ivory buttons-square with incised circle |
Button
|
Nome Census Area
| |
| 98-18-10/51964 | Ivory buttons with incised circle motif |
Button
|
Nome Census Area
| |
| 15-14-60/86693 | Ivory buttons, animal figures |
Button
|
Siberia
| |
| 15-14-60/86692 | Ivory buttons, bird figures |
Button
|
Siberia
| |
| 98-18-10/51973 | Ivory buttons |
Button
|
Nome Census Area
| |
| 88-51-10/50092 | Buttons in form of human head-incised eyes, mouth, tattoo? |
Button
|
Bethel Census Area
| |
| 985-27-10/59097 | Eleven silver conchos/buttons. 1 large concho w/ paper tag attached: "xlc/1.00". |
Button
|
Kayenta
| |
| 985-27-10/59135 | 2 silver conchos/buttons, probably Navajo or Apache. |
Button
|
Arizona
| |
| 98-18-10/51968 | Ivory toggles in form of seal |
Button
|
Nome Census Area
| |
| 98-18-10/51984 | Belt buttons? |
Button
|
Nome Census Area
|