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Object Number
98-18-10/51973
Display Title
Ivory buttons
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Worked ivory, perforated, on leather cord
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, Leather
Dimensions
Overall: 2.9 x 1.3 x 1 cm (1 1/8 x 1/2 x 3/8 in.)
Quantity
6
Label on object
51973
Provenance
Collector
Capt. Miner Bruce
(?)
Donor
Capt. Miner Bruce
(1898)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 98-18-10/51966 | Ivory buttons-perforated |
Button
|
Nome Census Area
| |
| 15-14-60/86693 | Ivory buttons, animal figures |
Button
|
Siberia
| |
| 98-18-10/51967 | Ivory buttons-square with incised circle |
Button
|
Nome Census Area
| |
| 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
| |
| 98-18-10/51964 | Ivory buttons with incised circle motif |
Button
|
Nome Census Area
| |
| 15-14-60/86692 | Ivory buttons, bird figures |
Button
|
Siberia
| |
| 88-51-10/50092 | Buttons in form of human head-incised eyes, mouth, tattoo? |
Button
|
Bethel Census Area
| |
| 98-18-10/51987.2 | Button, carved ivory |
Button
|
Nome Census Area
| |
| 98-18-10/51987.4 | Button, carved ivory |
Button
|
Nome Census Area
| |
| 88-51-10/50065 | Ivory top. May be button to spin on. |
Button
|
Alaska
| |
| 98-18-10/51987.5 | Button, carved ivory duck figure |
Button
|
Nome Census Area
|