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Object Number 94-57-10/R119
Display Title Ivory toggle. Rod carved to represent seal.
Descriptions
Object Description Ivory toggle. Rod carved to represent seal. Carved seal head,2 flippers and tail.
Inventory Description Bag fastener, carved ivory, seal form, perforated, incised/pigmented design
Classification
  • Bag fastener
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 1.1 x 0.7 cm (4 7/8 x 7/16 x 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object R\119
Provenance
Collector Frederick H. Rindge (?)
Donor Frederick H. Rindge (1894)

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