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Ivory bag fastener with incised linear design
Ivory bag fastener with incised linear design
Object Number 88-51-10/50158
Display Title Ivory bag fastener with incised linear design
Descriptions
Object Description Ivory bag fastener with incised linear design
Inventory Description Bag fastener, ivory, incised, pigmented geometric design, perforation worn
Classification
  • Bag fastener
Department Ethnographic
Date 1800-1888
Culture
  • Kuigpagmiut
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska
Additional Geographic Terms Yukon River; Rashomsky
Materials Ivory
Dimensions Overall: 14.5 x 0.9 x 1.1 cm (5 11/16 x 3/8 x 7/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 50158, 48785 [partially crossed out], Rashomsky
Provenance
Collector Unknown
Donor Smithsonian Institution (1888)

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