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Object Number 69-30-10/1987
Display Title Ivory bracelets
Descriptions
Object Description Rings; sections of walrus tusk. Ivory bracelets. Probably once attached to shaman's skin shirt.
Inventory Description Ornaments, carved ivory rings, 1 broken, 1 cracked
Classification
  • Ornament
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Tlingit?
  • Haida?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska
Materials Walrus tusk
Dimensions Overall: 7.9 x 4.8 x 1.2 cm (3 1/8 x 1 7/8 x 1/2 in.)
Quantity 6
Label on object 69-30-10/1987
Provenance
Collector Capt. Edward Gustavus Fast (1867-1868)
Donor Capt. Edward Gustavus Fast (1869)

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