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Object Number 88-51-10/50124
Display Title Needle case-inlaid, adorned walrus heads
Descriptions
Object Description Needle case-inlaid, adorned walrus heads
Inventory Description Needle case, ivory, carved zoomorphic figure, inlaid metal studs, broken
Classification
  • Needle case
Department Ethnographic
Date 1800-1888
Culture
  • Kuigpagmiut
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska
Additional Geographic Terms Yukon River
Materials Ivory
Dimensions Overall: 12.8 x 3.1 x 1.7 cm (5 1/16 x 1 1/4 x 11/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 50124; [8 or 3]8095[crossed out]
Provenance
Collector Unknown (?)
Donor Smithsonian Institution (1888)

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