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Object Number
88-51-10/50076
Display Title
Ivory toggle
Descriptions
Object Description
Ivory toggle
Inventory Description
Carved ivory button, human figurine, perforated center.
Classification
- Button
- Raw Material
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1800-1888
Culture
- Nunatkoromiut
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Alaska
Additional Geographic Terms
Kashunuk
Materials
Ivory
Dimensions
Overall: 4 x 1.3 x 1 cm (1 9/16 x 1/2 x 3/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
88-51-10/50076; 31055; 7; #usk
Provenance
Collector
Unknown
(?)
Donor
Smithsonian Institution
(1888)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 88-51-10/49971 | Ivory toggle-incised, inlaid, perforated. animal head. bear? |
Button
|
Alaska
| |
| 98-18-10/51968 | Ivory toggles in form of seal |
Button
|
Nome Census Area
| |
| 88-51-10/50174 | Ivory toggles |
Button
Pipe |
St. Michael
| |
| 88-51-10/50329 | Ivory belt toggle |
Button
Raw Material |
Cape Espenberg
| |
|
| 88-51-10/50066 | Ivory carving (toggle?) in form of 2 seals |
Button
Raw Material |
Alaska
| |
| 88-51-10/50279.1 | Ivory belt toggle |
Raw Material
Button |
Sledge Island
| |
| 98-18-10/51987 | Toggles of various forms |
Button
Raw Material |
Nome Census Area
| |
| 54-4-10/34459 | Walrus tooth toggle |
Button
|
Alaska
| |
| 98-18-10/51987.2 | Button, carved ivory |
Button
|
Nome Census Area
| |
| 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
| |
| 88-51-10/50020 | Ivory toggle |
Figurine
|
Alaska
|