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Object Number
98-18-10/51982
Display Title
Button for mending perforated seal floats
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Plug, carved ivory, concave top, grooved, flat bottom
Classification
- Fishing and trapping
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: 1.8 x 2 x 2.3 cm (11/16 x 13/16 x 7/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
51982 & 199
Provenance
Collector
Capt. Miner Bruce
(?)
Donor
Capt. Miner Bruce
(1898)
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