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Object Number
88-51-10/50197
Display Title
Ivory implement or knife with incised circle motif
Descriptions
Object Description
Ivory implement or knife with incised circle motif
Inventory Description
Knife, ivory, block handle, perforated, incised, pigmented circle design, tapere
Classification
- Knife
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1800-1888
Culture
- Unaliqmiut
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
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Alaska
Additional Geographic Terms
Norton Sound
Materials
Ivory
Dimensions
Overall: 15.1 x 0.9 x 0.9 cm (5 15/16 x 3/8 x 3/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
50197; 24598. [crossed out], Alaska....Turner
Provenance
Collector
Lucien M. Turner
(1876)
Donor
Smithsonian Institution
(1888)
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