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Object Number 98-18-10/51993
Display Title Carving representing fish or seal
Descriptions
Object Description Carving representing fish or seal
Inventory Description Carved ivory fish, jagged edge, incised linear and dot design,
Classification
  • Carving
  • Raw Material
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: 9.1 x 3.3 x 1.4 cm (3 9/16 x 1 5/16 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 51993
Provenance
Collector Capt. Miner Bruce (?)
Donor Capt. Miner Bruce (1898)

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