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Object Number
88-51-10/49997
Display Title
Snuff tube-2 incised, blackened lines
Descriptions
Object Description
Snuff tube-2 incised, blackened lines
Inventory Description
Pipe or tube, bone, incised and pigmented thin band at each end
Classification
- Pipe
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1800-1888
Culture
- Qaluyaarmiut
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Alaska
Additional Geographic Terms
Nelson Island; Hazen Bay, vicinity of; Kaialigamiut
Materials
Bone
Dimensions
Overall: 11.9 x 1 x 1 cm (4 11/16 x 3/8 x 3/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
49997, 37162 [crossed out], Ka??
Provenance
Collector
Edward William Nelson
(ca 1878)
Donor
Smithsonian Institution
(1888)
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