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Object Number
88-51-10/50218
Display Title
Ivory doll
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Figurine, carved ivory, male, incised and pigmented facial features
Classification
- Figurine
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1800-1888
Culture
- Unaliqmiut
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Alaska
Additional Geographic Terms
Norton Sound
Materials
Ivory
Dimensions
Overall: 9.3 x 2.3 x 1.4 cm (3 11/16 x 7/8 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
50218 & 32921\Norton Sd.\Nelson
Provenance
Collector
Edward William Nelson
Donor
Smithsonian Institution
(1888)
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