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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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