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Object Number
15-23-10/86096
Display Title
Mouth piece for skin float
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Organic, ivory, utilized, plug, spool shaped, hollow, grooved midsection
Classification
- Utilized ivory
Department
Archaeological
Culture
- Asiatic Eskimo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Alaska
/
Nome Census Area
/
St. Lawrence Island
/
Old Hut Site
Additional Geographic Terms
St. Lawrence Island
Materials
Ivory
Dimensions
Overall: 4.5 x 2.6 x 2.3 cm (1 3/4 x 1 x 7/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
86096
Provenance
Provenance
Dunbar Lockwood
(1913-1914)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15-23-10/86085 | Bone or ivory object (mouth piece for skin float) |
Utilized ivory
|
Old Hut Site
| |
| 54-4-10/34453 | Ivory plugs for seal skin floats |
Tools
|
Alaska
| |
| 41-29-10/23219 | Float plug of ivory or bone |
Utilized ivory
|
St. Lawrence Island
| |
| 41-29-10/23217 | Seal float mouthpiece of ivory |
Utilized ivory
|
St. Lawrence Island
| |
|
Image Not Available
for Mouth piece of skin float
| 07-8-10/75298 | Mouth piece of skin float |
North Slope Burough
| ||
| 51-16-10/33148 | Ivory disk, stopper for float |
Utilized ivory
|
Old Hut Site
| |
| 41-29-10/23218 | Seal float mouthpiece of ivory |
Utilized ivory
|
St. Lawrence Island
| |
|
Image Not Available
for Utilized ivory, worked, spool-shaped
| 50-45-10/32930 | Utilized ivory, worked, spool-shaped |
Utilized ivory
|
Seklowaghataget
| |
| 34-18-10/2732 | Wooden plug from seal skin float |
Raw Material
Worked Wood |
Greenland
| |
| 98-18-10/51982 | Button for mending perforated seal floats |
Fishing and trapping
|
Nome Census Area
| |
| 51-16-10/33141 | Ivory toggle - tear-shaped with hole in the middle |
Utilized ivory
|
Old Hut Site
| |
| 41-33-10/23483 | Float of intestine with point attached |
Float
|
Greenland
|