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Object Number
25-5-10/98155
Display Title
Carved walrus tusk
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Carved ivory tusk, scrimshaw fishing scene.
Classification
- Raw Material
- Pipe
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Unaliqmiut
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Alaska
/
Nome Census Area
/
St. Michael Island
Materials
Ivory
Dimensions
Overall: 64 x 4.6 x 3.4 cm (25 3/16 x 1 13/16 x 1 5/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
25-5-10/98155
Provenance
Collector
Charles Ashley Weare
(?)
Donor
John Weare
(1925)
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