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Object Number 94-57-10/R115
Display Title Ivory drinking tube. Cream colored with brown specks.
Descriptions
Object Description Ivory drinking tube. Cream colored with brown specks. Cylindrical tube with ev
Inventory Description Tube, carved ivory, small perforated handle, grooves on either end
Classification
  • Tools
Department Ethnographic
Date 1800-1894
Culture
  • Navugmiut
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska / North Slope Burough / Point Barrow
Materials Ivory
Dimensions Overall: 12.4 x 1.5 x 1.1 cm (4 7/8 x 9/16 x 7/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object R\115
Provenance
Collector Frederick H. Rindge (?)
Donor Frederick H. Rindge (1894)

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