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Object Number
88-51-10/50116
Display Title
Ivory cord handles
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Worked ivory, triangular, smoothed, perforated, hollow
Classification
- Handle
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1800-1888
Culture
- Chaleitmiut
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Alaska
Additional Geographic Terms
Kuskokwim region; Nunivak Island, opposite
Materials
Ivory
Dimensions
Overall: 9.5 x 2.4 x 1.4 cm (3 3/4 x 15/16 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity
2
Label on object
50116 & 37964 (crossed out) & Onalit
Provenance
Collector
Edward William Nelson
Donor
Smithsonian Institution
(1888)
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| |
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| |
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