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Object Number 88-51-10/49996
Display Title Wooden box in form of seal
Descriptions
Inventory Description Carved wooden seal box, ivory inlay, painted red, black, carved ivory inside.
Classification
  • Raw Material
  • Box
Department Ethnographic
Date 19th century
Culture
  • Yupik?
  • Kaialigamiut?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska
Additional Geographic Terms Nelson Island; Hazen Bay, vicinity of; Kaialigamiut
Dimensions Overall: 26.5 x 6 x 6.3 cm (10 7/16 x 2 3/8 x 2 1/2 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 49996 & 38021 & #nis Kaia
Provenance
Collector Edward William Nelson
Donor Smithsonian Institution (1888)

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