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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 / Nome Census Area
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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