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Object Number 88-51-10/49986
Display Title Needle cases
Descriptions
Inventory Description Carved ivory containers, wood stoppers, black incised linear design
Classification
  • Pouch
  • Raw Material
Department Ethnographic
Date 1800-1888
Culture
  • Askinakmiut
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska
Additional Geographic Terms Southwest; Askenak
Materials Ivory, Wood
Dimensions Overall: 14.1 x 1.8 x 1.5 cm (5 9/16 x 11/16 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity 3
Label on object 49986; (36717) Askenak/ Alaska...Nelson; (19198); (36782) coll
Provenance
Collector Edward William Nelson
Donor Smithsonian Institution (1888)

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