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Object Number
98-18-10/51968
Display Title
Ivory toggles in form of seal
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Buttons, carved ivory seals, incised and pigmented features and circular designs
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: 4.3 x 1.5 x 1.3 cm (1 11/16 x 9/16 x 1/2 in.)
Quantity
8
Label on object
51968
Provenance
Collector
Capt. Miner Bruce
(?)
Donor
Capt. Miner Bruce
(1898)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 88-51-10/50174 | Ivory toggles |
Button
Pipe |
St. Michael
| |
| 88-51-10/50279 | Ivory belt toggles |
Pendant
|
Sledge Island
| |
| 88-51-10/50066 | Ivory carving (toggle?) in form of 2 seals |
Button
Raw Material |
Alaska
| |
| 98-18-10/51986 | Toggles in form of seal |
Fishing and trapping
|
Nome Census Area
| |
| 98-18-10/51987 | Toggles of various forms |
Button
Raw Material |
Nome Census Area
| |
| 88-51-10/50279.1 | Ivory belt toggle |
Raw Material
Button |
Sledge Island
| |
| 32-20-10/46 | Walrus ivory toggle in form of a seal. Three perforations |
Tools
|
Alaska
| |
| 88-51-10/50278 | Ivory toggles |
Ornament
|
Sledge Island
| |
| 98-18-10/51987.4 | Button, carved ivory |
Button
|
Nome Census Area
| |
|
| 88-51-10/50191 | Belt toggles |
Button
Raw Material |
St. Michael
| |
| 94-57-10/R117 | Ivory and metal toggle. Carved in the shape of a seal. |
Tools
|
Point Barrow
| |
| 94-57-10/R119 | Ivory toggle. Rod carved to represent seal. |
Bag fastener
|
Point Barrow
|