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Object Number
98-18-10/51987.1
Display Title
Toggle
Descriptions
Object Description
Toggle
Inventory Description
Toggle, carved ivory, zoomorphic figure, incised gometric design, perforated
Classification
- Tools
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Alaska
/
Nome Census Area
Additional Geographic Terms
Port Clarence, Vicinity of
Materials
Ivory
Dimensions
Overall: 6.9 x 2 x 1.9 cm (2 11/16 x 13/16 x 3/4 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
98-18-10/51987.1 & 51987
Provenance
Collector
Capt. Miner Bruce
(?)
Donor
Capt. Miner Bruce
(1898)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 88-51-10/49972 | Toggles |
Tools
|
Alaska
| |
| 98-18-10/51987 | Toggles of various forms |
Button
Raw Material |
Nome Census Area
| |
| 88-51-10/50279 | Ivory belt toggles |
Pendant
|
Sledge Island
| |
| 88-51-10/50174.1 | Ivory toggle. Holes in toggle suggest its use as an amulet to be hung. |
Accessory
|
St. Michael
| |
| 88-51-10/50174 | Ivory toggles |
Button
Pipe |
St. Michael
| |
| 94-57-10/R117 | Ivory and metal toggle. Carved in the shape of a seal. |
Tools
|
Point Barrow
| |
| 98-18-10/51986 | Toggles in form of seal |
Fishing and trapping
|
Nome Census Area
| |
| 98-18-10/51968 | Ivory toggles in form of seal |
Button
|
Nome Census Area
| |
| 88-51-10/50279.1 | Ivory belt toggle |
Raw Material
Button |
Sledge Island
| |
| 2003.1.918 | Unclassified tool, carved wood cylinder, halved, perforated; flared toggles |
Tools
|
Cameroon?
| |
| 32-20-10/46 | Walrus ivory toggle in form of a seal. Three perforations |
Tools
|
Alaska
| |
| 15-23-10/86084 | Toggles |
Utilized ivory
|
Old Hut Site
|