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Object Number
88-51-10/49998
Display Title
Ear pendants-incised, blackened, concentric circle motif
Descriptions
Object Description
Ear pendants-incised, blackened, concentric circle motif
Inventory Description
Earrings, ivory, incised, pigmented circle design, wood plug in center, perforat
Classification
- Earring
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1800-1888
Culture
- Askinakmiut
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Alaska
Additional Geographic Terms
Southwest; Askenak
Materials
Ivory
Dimensions
Overall: 2.5 x 2.2 x 2.1 cm (1 x 7/8 x 13/16 in.)
Quantity
2
Label on object
49998, S505 [crossed out]
Provenance
Collector
Edward William Nelson
(ca 1878)
Donor
Smithsonian Institution
(1888)
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