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Object Number
88-51-10/49968
Display Title
Bag fastener with incised circles and lines
Descriptions
Object Description
Bag fastener with incised circles and lines
Inventory Description
Bag fastener, ivory, flat, with incised pigments and circles and linear designs
Classification
- Bag fastener
Department
Ethnographic
Date
19th century
Culture
- Eskimo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Alaska
Materials
Ivory
Dimensions
Overall: 12.9 x 1.4 x 1.5 cm (5 1/16 x 9/16 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
49968 & [36474] & S?ag
Provenance
Collector
Unknown
(01/01/1838-01/01/1886)
Exchange participant
Smithsonian Institution
(01/01/1888)
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