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Object Number
88-51-10/50152
Display Title
Ivory string tightener with incised linear design
Descriptions
Object Description
Ivory string tightener with incised linear design
Inventory Description
String tightener?, ivory, incised, pigmented linear band design
Classification
- Tools
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 x 0.8 x 0.8 cm (4 3/4 x 5/16 x 5/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
50152, 48897, Yukon R, J Fison (?)
Provenance
Collector
Edward William Nelson
Donor
Smithsonian Institution
(1888)
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