Toggle, ivory, carved resembling whale tail, 2 perforations

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Object Number 88-51-10/49972.1

Display Title Toggle, ivory, carved resembling whale tail, 2 perforations

Descriptions

Object Description Toggle, ivory, carved resembling whale tail, 2 perforations

Inventory Description Toggle, ivory, carved resembling whale tail, 2 perforations

Classification

Tools

Department Ethnographic

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

North America / United States / Alaska

Additional Geographic Terms Southwest; Askinuk

Materials Ivory

Dimensions Overall: 1.6 x 2.5 x 1.4 cm (5/8 x 1 x 9/16 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 88-51-10/49972.1; 49972, [remainder not very legible]

Provenance

Collector Unknown (1838-1886)

Donor Smithsonian Institution (1888)

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