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Float with ivory tube
Object Number 23-21-10/97986.2
Display Title Float with ivory tube
Descriptions
Inventory Description Float, animal bladder, tubular ivory stopper lashed with fiber cord,
Classification
  • Float
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Greenland Eskimo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Greenland / Greenland
Materials Bladder, Ivory, Fiber cord
Dimensions Overall: 34.6 x 19.5 x 10.1 cm (13 5/8 x 7 11/16 x 4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 97986
Provenance
Collector Dr. John C. Phillips
Donor Donated by Dr. John C. Phillips

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