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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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