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Object Number
29-26-10/98390
Display Title
Ivory toggle
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Worked ivory, conical, hollowed, piece of leather cord attached
Classification
- Fishing and trapping
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Western Arctic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Alaska
Materials
Bone, Leather, Ivory
Dimensions
Overall: 2.7 x 1.6 x 1.2 cm (1 1/16 x 5/8 x 1/2 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
98390 & G3
Provenance
Collector
Mr. George F. Willey
(1906-1907 - 1929)
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Container
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Fishing and trapping
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Greenland
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Fishing and trapping
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Canada
| |
| 98-18-10/52066 | Fish jig and ivory sinker |
Fishing and trapping
|
Nome Census Area
| |
| 88-51-10/50174.1 | Ivory toggle. Holes in toggle suggest its use as an amulet to be hung. |
Accessory
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| |
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Tools
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Point Barrow
| |
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Button
Raw Material |
Cape Espenberg
| |
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Accessory
|
Alaska
| |
| 88-51-10/50279 | Ivory belt toggles |
Pendant
|
Sledge Island
| |
| 88-51-10/50153 | Ivory toggle in form of walrus |
Pendant
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Alaska
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