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Bone cup
Object Number 98-18-10/52023
Display Title Bone cup
Descriptions
Inventory Description Cup, worked bone, plugged at side, highly worn
Classification
  • Cup
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Sinrarmiut
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska / Nome Census Area
Additional Geographic Terms Port Clarence, Vicinity of
Materials Bone
Dimensions Overall: 10.8 x 9.7 x 4.7 cm (4 1/4 x 3 13/16 x 1 7/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 52023
Provenance
Collector Capt. Miner Bruce (?)
Donor Capt. Miner Bruce (1898)

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