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Object Number 88-51-10/50146
Display Title Bodkins of ivory
Descriptions
Inventory Description Ivory needles, incised handles, 1 with carved head
Classification
  • Needle
  • Raw Material
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: 22.4 x 1 x 1 cm (8 13/16 x 3/8 x 3/8 in.)
Quantity 4
Label on object 50146 & A-8224 & [36618] & Alaska/Nelson/Yukon
Provenance
Collector Edward William Nelson
Exchange participant Smithsonian Institution (1888)

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