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Object Number
13-9-10/85272
Display Title
Sealskin float
Descriptions
Object Description
Sealskin float, with humanistic face on the end.
Inventory Description
Seal skin float, leather ties at extremities, human face, ivory seal ornaments.
Classification
- Float
- Raw Material
- Shaft, modified
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Yupik?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Alaska
Dimensions
Overall: 104 x 49.5 x 19 cm (40 15/16 x 19 1/2 x 7 1/2 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
A-8324
Provenance
Collector
Grace A. Nicholson
Donor
Mr. Lewis Hobart Farlow
(1913)
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