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Object Number
88-51-10/50021
Display Title
Ivory toggle
Descriptions
Object Description
Ivory toggle, probably representing a pair of sea otters
Inventory Description
Figurine, carved ivory, twin zoomorphic figures joined at feet and tip of tail
Classification
- Figurine
Department
Ethnographic
Date
19th century
Culture
- Unangan
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Alaska
Additional Geographic Terms
Aleutian Islands
Materials
Ivory
Dimensions
Overall: 4.7 x 1.3 x 0.6 cm (1 7/8 x 1/2 x 1/4 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
50021 & [35878] & Aleut
Provenance
Collector
Edward William Nelson
(01/01/1838-01/01/1886)
Exchange participant
Smithsonian Institution
(01/01/1888)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 88-51-10/50020 | Ivory toggle |
Figurine
|
Alaska
| |
| 69-30-10/2028 | Ivory toggle representing sea otter, carved in walrus tusk |
Accessory
|
Alaska
| |
| 88-51-10/50174 | Ivory toggles |
Pipe
Button |
St. Michael
| |
| 88-51-10/50279 | Ivory belt toggles |
Pendant
|
Sledge Island
| |
| 88-51-10/49972.1 | Toggle, ivory, carved resembling whale tail, 2 perforations |
Tools
|
Alaska
| |
| 88-51-10/50076 | Ivory toggle |
Raw Material
Button |
Alaska
| |
| 94-57-10/R119 | Ivory toggle. Rod carved to represent seal. |
Bag fastener
|
Point Barrow
| |
| 94-57-10/R120 | Ivory toggle. Carved in the shape of a fish (head and tail). |
Bag fastener
|
Point Barrow
| |
| 88-51-10/50174.1 | Ivory toggle. Holes in toggle suggest its use as an amulet to be hung. |
Accessory
|
St. Michael
| |
| 88-51-10/49971 | Ivory toggle-incised, inlaid, perforated. animal head. bear? |
Button
|
Alaska
| |
| 88-51-10/50075 | Ivory toggle |
Pendant
|
Alaska
| |
| 88-51-10/50153 | Ivory toggle in form of walrus |
Pendant
|
Alaska
|