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Box or bag handle of ivory
Box or bag handle of ivory
Object Number 88-51-10/50212
Display Title Box or bag handle of ivory
Descriptions
Inventory Description Bag handle, carved ivory, zoomorphic head at 1 end, metal studs, incised
Classification
  • Tools
Department Ethnographic
Date 1800-1888
Culture
  • Unaliqmiut
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska
Additional Geographic Terms Norton Sound
Materials Ivory, Metal
Dimensions Overall: 16.8 x 1.2 x 0.9 cm (6 5/8 x 1/2 x 3/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 50212 & [33250.] Norton Sd.Nelson
Provenance
Collector Edward William Nelson (1876)
Donor Smithsonian Institution (1888)

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