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Object Number 88-51-10/49992
Display Title Ivory earrings-incised, blackened concentric circles
Descriptions
Object Description Ivory earrings-incised, blackened concentric circles
Inventory Description Earrings, ivory, incised, pigmented circular designs, perforated
Classification
  • Earring
Department Ethnographic
Date 1800-1888
Culture
  • Kongiganogamut
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska
Additional Geographic Terms Kongiganagamiut
Materials Ivory
Dimensions Overall: 1.6 x 1.5 x 1.2 cm (5/8 x 9/16 x 1/2 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 49992, 37847 [crossed out], Kongig
Provenance
Collector Edward William Nelson (ca 1880)
Donor Smithsonian Institution (1888)

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