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Object Number
94-57-10/R121
Display Title
Ivory toggle. Bag fastener for "housewife." Round ivory rod.
Descriptions
Object Description
Ivory toggle. Bag fastener for "housewife." Round ivory rod, tapers to rounded
Inventory Description
Bag fastener, carved bone, incised and pigmented linear design
Classification
- Bag fastener
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1800-1894
Culture
- Navugmiut
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Alaska
/
<County>
/
Point Barrow
Materials
Bone
Dimensions
Overall: 7.1 x 0.7 x 0.4 cm (2 13/16 x 1/4 x 3/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
R\121
Provenance
Collector
Frederick H. Rindge
(?)
Donor
Frederick H. Rindge
(1894)
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