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Object Number
98-18-10/51979
Display Title
Ivory plug?
Descriptions
Object Description
Ivory plug?
Inventory Description
Worked ivory, cylindrical, knobbed at ends
Classification
- Jewelry
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Sinrarmiut
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Alaska
Additional Geographic Terms
Port Clarence, Vicinity of
Materials
Ivory
Dimensions
Overall: 6.6 x 1.4 x 1.2 cm (2 5/8 x 9/16 x 1/2 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
51979
Provenance
Collector
Capt. Miner Bruce
(?)
Donor
Capt. Miner Bruce
(1898)
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