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Object Number
98-18-10/51967
Display Title
Ivory buttons-square with incised circle
Descriptions
Object Description
Ivory buttons-square with incised circle
Inventory Description
Buttons, carved ivory, square, incised and pigmented circular design, 1 chipped
Classification
- Button
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Sinrarmiut
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Alaska
Additional Geographic Terms
Port Clarence, Vicinity of
Materials
Ivory
Dimensions
Overall: 1.7 x 1.5 x 0.4 cm (11/16 x 9/16 x 3/16 in.)
Quantity
2
Label on object
51967
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
|
Alaska
| |
| 98-18-10/51963 | Ivory buttons with incised circle motif |
Button
|
Alaska
| |
| 98-18-10/51964 | Ivory buttons with incised circle motif |
Button
|
Alaska
| |
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|
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| |
| 98-18-10/51966 | Ivory buttons-perforated |
Button
|
Alaska
| |
| 15-14-60/86692 | Ivory buttons, bird figures |
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|
Siberia
| |
| 15-14-60/86693 | Ivory buttons, animal figures |
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|
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| |
| 98-18-10/51973 | Ivory buttons |
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|
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| |
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|
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| |
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| |
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| |
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|
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