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Wallet of salmon skin and seal skin
Object Number 88-51-10/50203
Display Title Wallet of salmon skin and seal skin
Descriptions
Object Description Wallet of salmon skin and seal skin
Inventory Description Miscellaneous accessory, fish and other skin, embroidered accents with fur tufts
Classification
  • Miscellaneous
Department Ethnographic
Date 1800-1888
Culture
  • Unaliqmiut
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska / Nome Census Area / Unalakleet
Additional Geographic Terms Norton Sound
Materials Fish skin , Fur , Plant fiber , Seal intestine
Dimensions Overall: 23 x 26.5 x 2.7 cm (9 1/16 x 10 7/16 x 1 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 88-51-10/50203
Provenance
Collector Edward William Nelson
Exchange participant Smithsonian Institution (01/01/1888)

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