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Object Number 88-51-10/50075
Display Title Ivory toggle
Descriptions
Object Description Ivory toggle
Inventory Description Pendant, carved ivory walrus figure, pigmented facial features, perforated
Classification
  • Pendant
Department Ethnographic
Date 1800-1888
Culture
  • Eskimo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska
Additional Geographic Terms Kashunuk
Materials Ivory
Dimensions Overall: 3.7 x 1.4 x 1.6 cm (1 7/16 x 9/16 x 5/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 50075 & [37025]\Rush
Provenance
Provenance Unknown (1838-1886)
Donor Smithsonian Institution (1888)

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