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Object Number 98-18-10/52011
Display Title Seal drag
Descriptions
Inventory Description Seal shaped ivory ornament, incised, on leather thong
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
Dimensions Overall: 20.5 x 4 x 1.7 cm (8 1/16 x 1 9/16 x 11/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 52011
Provenance
Collector Capt. Miner Bruce (?)
Donor Capt. Miner Bruce (1898)

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