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Object Number 02-14-10/63451
Display Title Ivory covered trinket box
Descriptions
Object Description Ivory covered trinket box
Inventory Description Ivory box with lid, rectangular, wood frame, leather hinges and clasp
Classification
  • Box
  • Raw Material
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Western Eskimo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska
Dimensions Overall: 6.3 x 13 x 7.5 cm (2 1/2 x 5 1/8 x 2 15/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 63451 & 161A & 1917
Provenance
Collector Unknown (01/01/1902)
Donor Mr. Lewis Hobart Farlow (5/01/1902)

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