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Object Number
98-18-10/51987.2
Display Title
Button, carved ivory
Descriptions
Object Description
Button, carved ivory
Inventory Description
Button, carved ivory, zoomorphic figure, perforated
Classification
- Button
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: 4.5 x 1.6 x 1.2 cm (1 3/4 x 5/8 x 1/2 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
98-18-10/51987.2 & 51987
Provenance
Collector
Capt. Miner Bruce
(?)
Donor
Capt. Miner Bruce
(1898)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 98-18-10/51987.4 | Button, carved ivory |
Button
|
Nome Census Area
| |
| 98-18-10/51987.5 | Button, carved ivory duck figure |
Button
|
Nome Census Area
| |
| 98-18-10/51968 | Ivory toggles in form of seal |
Button
|
Nome Census Area
| |
| 88-51-10/50174 | Ivory toggles |
Button
Pipe |
St. Michael
| |
| 98-18-10/51987 | Toggles of various forms |
Button
Raw Material |
Nome Census Area
| |
| 15-14-60/86693 | Ivory buttons, animal figures |
Button
|
Siberia
| |
| 98-18-10/51987.3 | Button, animal tooth |
Button
|
Nome Census Area
| |
| 88-51-10/49971 | Ivory toggle-incised, inlaid, perforated. animal head. bear? |
Button
|
Alaska
| |
| 98-18-10/51966 | Ivory buttons-perforated |
Button
|
Nome Census Area
| |
| 15-14-60/86692 | Ivory buttons, bird figures |
Button
|
Siberia
| |
| 98-18-10/51967 | Ivory buttons-square with incised circle |
Button
|
Nome Census Area
| |
| 98-18-10/51965 | Ivory buttons with incised circle motif |
Button
|
Nome Census Area
|