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Ivory and teeth of various animals
Ivory and teeth of various animals
Object Number 98-18-10/52007
Display Title Ivory and teeth of various animals
Descriptions
Inventory Description Animal teeth (8) and worked bone (2)
Classification
  • Faunal
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Sinrarmiut
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska / Nome Census Area
Additional Geographic Terms Port Clarence, Vicinity of
Materials Tooth, Animal tooth
Dimensions Overall: 12.8 x 3.4 x 1.5 cm (5 1/16 x 1 5/16 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity 10
Label on object 52007
Provenance
Collector Capt. Miner Bruce (?)
Donor Capt. Miner Bruce (1898)

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