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Object Number 88-51-10/50082
Display Title One snuff tube and two needle cases of bone
Descriptions
Inventory Description Tube, worked and incised bone, one hollow, two with wooden ends and stoppers
Classification
  • Textileworking
Department Ethnographic
Date 1800-1888
Culture
  • Nunatkoromiut
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska
Additional Geographic Terms Kashunuk
Materials Bone, Wood
Dimensions Overall: 13.4 x 1.6 x 1.5 cm (5 1/4 x 5/8 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity 3
Label on object #1: 50082 / 36822 (crossed out) & Kush; #2: 50082 & 36750...Kushunuk / Alaska /
Provenance
Collector Edward William Nelson (?)
Donor Smithsonian Institution (1888)

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