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Object Number 98-18-10/51974
Display Title Ivory pendants representing seal
Descriptions
Inventory Description Pendants, carved ivory seals, incised and pigmented facial features, perforated
Classification
  • Pendant
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: 5.5 x 1.7 x 1.4 cm (2 3/16 x 11/16 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity 6
Label on object 51974 & A.8224
Provenance
Collector Capt. Miner Bruce (?)
Donor Capt. Miner Bruce (1898)

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