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Object Number
88-51-10/50174
Display Title
Ivory toggles
Descriptions
Object Description
Ivory toggles
Inventory Description
Buttons, carved ivory, 1 seal and 2 whale figures, incised facial features, perf
Classification
- Pipe
- Button
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1800-1888
Culture
- Bering Strait Inupiaq
- Unaliqmiut
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Alaska
/
<County>
/
St. Michael
Additional Geographic Terms
Norton Sound
Materials
Ivory
Dimensions
Overall: 3.8 x 0.9 x 0.9 cm (1 1/2 x 3/8 x 3/8 in.)
Quantity
3
Label on object
50174 & LNT. & 129299\St. Michaels
Provenance
Collector
Lucien M. Turner
(1876)
Exchange participant
Smithsonian Institution
(1888)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 98-18-10/51968 | Ivory toggles in form of seal |
Button
|
Nome Census Area
| |
| 88-51-10/50279 | Ivory belt toggles |
Pendant
|
Sledge Island
| |
| 98-18-10/51987 | Toggles of various forms |
Button
Raw Material |
Nome Census Area
| |
| 88-51-10/50278 | Ivory toggles |
Ornament
|
Sledge Island
| |
| 45-28-10/27702 | Ivory needle case w/ ivory & copper needles, reamers, thimble & toggles attached |
Container
|
North Slope Burough
| |
| 88-51-10/50279.1 | Ivory belt toggle |
Raw Material
Button |
Sledge Island
| |
|
| 88-51-10/50191 | Belt toggles |
Button
Raw Material |
St. Michael
| |
| 88-51-10/50174.1 | Ivory toggle. Holes in toggle suggest its use as an amulet to be hung. |
Accessory
|
St. Michael
| |
| 98-18-10/51986 | Toggles in form of seal |
Fishing and trapping
|
Nome Census Area
| |
| 98-18-10/51972 | Ivory toggles |
Ornament
|
Nome Census Area
| |
| 53-36-60/10150.1 | 2 ivory and iron toggles or harpoon heads for walrus hunting |
Harpoon
|
Siberia
| |
| 88-51-10/49972 | Toggles |
Tools
|
Alaska
|