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Gun cap box
Object Number 98-18-10/52029
Display Title Gun cap box
Descriptions
Object Description Gun cap box
Inventory Description Ivory container with wooden base and neck, with ivory stopper.
Classification
  • Raw Material
  • Box
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Sinrarmiut
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska / Nome Census Area
Additional Geographic Terms Port Clarence, Vicinity of
Materials Ivory, Wood
Dimensions Overall: 9.6 x 2.9 x 2.2 cm (3 3/4 x 1 1/8 x 7/8 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 52029
Provenance
Collector Capt. Miner Bruce (?)
Seller Capt. Miner Bruce (1898)

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