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Button, carved ivory
Object Number 98-18-10/51987.4
Display Title Button, carved ivory
Descriptions
Object Description Button, carved ivory
Inventory Description Button, carved ivory, seal figure, incised/pigmented eyes and mouth, 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: 4.1 x 1 x 1.1 cm (1 5/8 x 3/8 x 7/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 98-18-10/51987.4 & 51987
Provenance
Collector Capt. Miner Bruce (?)
Donor Capt. Miner Bruce (1898)

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