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Bag fasteners of ivory.
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Object Number 88-51-10/50150.1
Display Title Bag fasteners of ivory.
Descriptions
Inventory Description Bag fastener, carved ivory, 1 perforation, incised and pigmented band design
Classification
  • Bag fastener
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska
Additional Geographic Terms Yukon River
Materials Ivory
Dimensions Overall: 16 x 0.8 x 0.8 cm (6 5/16 x 5/16 x 5/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 50150, 38371, Yukon
Provenance
Collector Edward William Nelson
Donor Smithsonian Institution (1888)

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