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Object Number
88-51-10/50279.1
Display Title
Ivory belt toggle
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Ivory toggles, seal shaped, perforated, stone eyes, incised features
Classification
- Raw Material
- Button
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Aiakamut
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Alaska
/
Nome Census Area
/
Sledge Island
Materials
Ivory
Dimensions
Overall: 6.3 x 1.9 x 1.3 cm (2 1/2 x 3/4 x 1/2 in.)
Quantity
2
Label on object
50279; 45223; 45035; Sledge I.
Provenance
Collector
Edward William Nelson
Donor
Smithsonian Institution
(1888)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 88-51-10/50329 | Ivory belt toggle |
Button
Raw Material |
Cape Espenberg
| |
| 88-51-10/50279 | Ivory belt toggles |
Pendant
|
Sledge Island
| |
| 98-18-10/51968 | Ivory toggles in form of seal |
Button
|
Nome Census Area
| |
| 88-51-10/50174 | Ivory toggles |
Button
Pipe |
St. Michael
| |
| 88-51-10/50191 | Belt toggles |
Button
Raw Material |
St. Michael
| |
| 88-51-10/49971 | Ivory toggle-incised, inlaid, perforated. animal head. bear? |
Button
|
Alaska
| |
| 88-51-10/50174.1 | Ivory toggle. Holes in toggle suggest its use as an amulet to be hung. |
Accessory
|
St. Michael
| |
| 98-18-10/51987.4 | Button, carved ivory |
Button
|
Nome Census Area
| |
|
| 88-51-10/50066 | Ivory carving (toggle?) in form of 2 seals |
Button
Raw Material |
Alaska
| |
| 98-18-10/51987.5 | Button, carved ivory duck figure |
Button
|
Nome Census Area
| |
| 88-51-10/50191.1 | Belt toggles. |
Accessory
|
St. Michael
| |
| 88-51-10/50076 | Ivory toggle |
Raw Material
Button |
Alaska
|