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Object Number
94-57-10/R99
Display Title
Carved wooden box. Made of wood, bone or antler, beads for eyes.
Descriptions
Object Description
Wooden box. Made of wood, bone or antler, beads for eyes. Box is carved in the
Inventory Description
Box lid?, carved wood walrus, blue glass bead inlaid eyes
Classification
- Box
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1800-1894
Culture
- Navugmiut
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Alaska
/
North Slope Burough
/
Point Barrow
Materials
Wood, Glass
Dimensions
Overall: 4 x 8.7 x 3.1 cm (1 9/16 x 3 7/16 x 1 1/4 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
R/99
Provenance
Collector
Frederick H. Rindge
(?)
Donor
Frederick H. Rindge
(1894)
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