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Object Number
94-57-10/R130
Display Title
Trinket box of hollowed whale's tooth with ivory inserts. Bottom riveted.
Descriptions
Object Description
Trinket box. Whales tooth hollowed out with ivory inserts. Bottom of box is riv
Inventory Description
Box, carved ivory, top missing, incised and pigmented scenes
Classification
- Box
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: 5.1 x 5 x 3 cm (2 x 1 15/16 x 1 3/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
R/130
Credit Line
Gift of Frederick H. Rindge, 1894
Provenance
Collector
Frederick H. Rindge
(?)
Donor
Frederick H. Rindge
(1894)
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