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Bag fastener with incised circles and lines
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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