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Object Number 98-18-10/51994
Display Title Carving representing seal
Descriptions
Inventory Description Ivory seal carving, polished
Classification
  • Raw Material
  • Carving
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: 7.7 x 2.7 x 2.9 cm (3 1/16 x 1 1/16 x 1 1/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 51994
Provenance
Collector Capt. Miner Bruce (?)
Donor Capt. Miner Bruce (1898)

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