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Wooden box
Object Number 88-51-10/49976
Display Title Wooden box
Descriptions
Inventory Description Carved wood box w/ lid, zoomorphic face, ivory plugs, incised design, traces of
Classification
  • Box
Department Ethnographic
Date 19th century
Culture
  • Eskimo?
  • Yupik?
  • Alutiiq?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska
Materials Wood, Ivory
Dimensions Overall: 9 x 5.9 x 6 cm (3 9/16 x 2 5/16 x 2 3/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 49976, [3467], 345 (incised in bottom of box), [3756], anog / Tabac
Provenance
Collector Unknown (01/01/1838-01/01/1886)
Exchange participant Smithsonian Institution (01/01/1888)

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