Antler comb-incised design

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Object Number 88-51-10/50214

Display Title Antler comb-incised design

Descriptions

Object Description Antler comb-incised design

Inventory Description Comb, antler, incised geometric design, rounded at end with carved nibs

Classification

Jewelry

Department Ethnographic

Date 1800-1888

Culture

Unaliqmiut

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

North America / United States / Alaska

Additional Geographic Terms Norton Sound

Materials Antler

Dimensions Overall: 10.6 x 3.4 x 0.5 cm (4 3/16 x 1 5/16 x 3/16 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 50214, 48494 / Alaska / Nelson / 6831 / Norton Sd.

Credit Line Exchange with Smithsonian Institution, 1888

Provenance

Collector Edward William Nelson

Donor Smithsonian Institution (1888)

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