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Ivory doll
Object Number 88-51-10/50205
Display Title Ivory doll
Descriptions
Inventory Description Figurine, carved ivory, female, incised and pigmented facial tattoos/features
Classification
  • Figurine
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 Ivory
Dimensions Overall: 11.8 x 3.5 x 1.9 cm (4 5/8 x 1 3/8 x 3/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 50205 & 4267 & 43357 & Unalakleet\Nelson
Provenance
Collector Edward William Nelson (1878)
Donor Smithsonian Institution (1888)

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