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Object Number
88-51-10/49985
Display Title
Ivory toggle
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Toggle, ivory, incised and pigmented linear designs, 2 perforations, grooved
Classification
- Tools
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1800-1888
Culture
- Kangigmiut
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Alaska
Additional Geographic Terms
Kuskog### Region?; Kongiamut
Materials
Ivory
Dimensions
Overall: 4.7 x 1.4 x 1.3 cm (1 7/8 x 9/16 x 1/2 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
49985, 37691 [crossed out], Kon
Provenance
Collector
Edward William Nelson
(1838-1886)
Donor
Smithsonian Institution
(1888)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 88-51-10/49972.1 | Toggle, ivory, carved resembling whale tail, 2 perforations |
Tools
|
Alaska
| |
| 32-20-10/46 | Walrus ivory toggle in form of a seal. Three perforations |
Tools
|
Alaska
| |
| 88-51-10/50174.1 | Ivory toggle. Holes in toggle suggest its use as an amulet to be hung. |
Accessory
|
St. Michael
| |
| 94-57-10/R117 | Ivory and metal toggle. Carved in the shape of a seal. |
Tools
|
Point Barrow
| |
| 88-51-10/49972 | Toggles |
Tools
|
Alaska
| |
| 94-57-10/R119 | Ivory toggle. Rod carved to represent seal. |
Bag fastener
|
Point Barrow
| |
| 94-57-10/R120 | Ivory toggle. Carved in the shape of a fish (head and tail). |
Bag fastener
|
Point Barrow
| |
| 98-18-10/51968 | Ivory toggles in form of seal |
Button
|
Nome Census Area
| |
| 88-51-10/50279 | Ivory belt toggles |
Pendant
|
Sledge Island
| |
| 88-51-10/50153 | Ivory toggle in form of walrus |
Pendant
|
Alaska
| |
| 88-51-10/50020 | Ivory toggle |
Figurine
|
Alaska
| |
| 88-51-10/49971 | Ivory toggle-incised, inlaid, perforated. animal head. bear? |
Button
|
Alaska
|