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Ivory food masher and bone crusher or seal club
Object Number 88-51-10/50035
Display Title Ivory food masher and bone crusher or seal club
Descriptions
Object Description Ivory food masher and bone crusher or seal club
Inventory Description Pestle, ivory, incised and pigmented zoomorphic facial features, grooved
Classification
  • Tools
Department Ethnographic
Date 1800-1888
Culture
  • Tuyuryarmiut
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska
Additional Geographic Terms Bristol Bay; Togiak River
Materials Ivory
Dimensions Overall: 38 x 5.2 x 4.1 cm (14 15/16 x 2 1/16 x 1 5/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 50035, Togiak R., Alaska
Provenance
Collector I. Applegate (?)
Donor Smithsonian Institution (1888)

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