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Object Number 88-51-10/50015
Display Title Ivory food masher or bone crusher
Descriptions
Inventory Description Beater, carved ivory club, heavily worn, incised cross design at end of handle
Classification
  • Beater
Department Ethnographic
Date 19th century
Culture
  • Eskimo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska
Additional Geographic Terms Alaska, Southwest: Aleutian Peninsula
Materials Ivory
Dimensions Overall: 30.6 x 4.8 x 4.5 cm (12 1/16 x 1 7/8 x 1 3/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 50015 & 127635 & Alaska\Johnson
Provenance
Collector J. W. Johnson (01/01/1886)
Exchange participant Smithsonian Institution (01/01/1888)

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