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Object Number 13-52-10/88002
Display Title Combs
Descriptions
Inventory Description Combs, carved ivory, teeth broken, 1 perforated and puntate design
Classification
  • Comb
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Eskimo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska / North Slope Burough
Additional Geographic Terms Cape Smyth; Point Barrow, 12 miles form
Materials Ivory
Dimensions Overall: 8.2 x 3.6 x 0.5 cm (3 1/4 x 1 7/16 x 3/16 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 88002
Provenance
Collector Prof. Vilhjalmur Stefansson (1911-1912 - 1913)
Donor John B. Stetson, Jr. (1913)
Donor Prof. Vilhjalmur Stefansson (1911-1912 - 1913)

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