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Object Number 98-18-10/51977
Display Title Ivory cylinder, snuff tube with incised linear design in 3 bands
Descriptions
Object Description Ivory cylinder, snuff tube with incised linear design in 3 bands
Inventory Description Snuff tube?, ivorym tubular, incised and pigmented geometric band design, split
Classification
  • Accessory
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: 7.2 x 1.7 x 1.7 cm (2 13/16 x 11/16 x 11/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 51977
Provenance
Collector Capt. Miner Bruce (?)
Donor Capt. Miner Bruce (1898)

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