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Object Number 98-18-10/52014
Display Title Beluga jaw with etched pictoral designs.
Descriptions
Object Description Beluga jaw with etched designs (incised bone with pictoral drawings on both jaws
Inventory Description Engraving, bone, engraved and pigmented hunting scene
Classification
  • Art 3-D
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Sinrarmiut
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska
Additional Geographic Terms Port Clarence, Vicinity of
Materials Bone
Dimensions Overall: 29.3 x 8.5 x 1.4 cm (11 9/16 x 3 3/8 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 52014
Provenance
Collector Capt. Miner Bruce (?)
Donor Capt. Miner Bruce (1898)

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