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Object Number 88-51-10/50147.2
Display Title Snuff tubes-segmented carving
Descriptions
Object Description Snuff tubes-segmented carving
Inventory Description Snuff tube?, ivory, tubular, carved segmented or ridged design
Classification
  • Accessory
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska
Additional Geographic Terms Yukon River
Materials Ivory
Dimensions Overall: 9.6 x 1 x 0.9 cm (3 3/4 x 3/8 x 3/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 50147; 35437, Yukon; 88-51-10/50147.2
Provenance
Collector Edward William Nelson
Donor Smithsonian Institution (1888)

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