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Object Number
54-4-10/34453
Display Title
Ivory plugs for seal skin floats
Descriptions
Object Description
Ivory plugs for seal skin floats
Inventory Description
Plug, carved ivory, spool-shaped, 2 with center perforation, 1 punctate center
Classification
- Tools
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Northwest Coast
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Alaska
Additional Geographic Terms
Southeast
Materials
Ivory
Dimensions
Overall: 2.4 x 2.9 x 2.7 cm (15/16 x 1 1/8 x 1 1/16 in.)
Quantity
3
Label on object
54-4-10/34453
Provenance
Collector
Mr. Philip Dana Orcutt
(1943 - 1954)
Donor
Mr. Philip Dana Orcutt
(1943 - 1954)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 98-18-10/51982 | Button for mending perforated seal floats |
Fishing and trapping
|
Nome Census Area
| |
| 88-51-10/50298 | Plugs, one of wood and one of ivory |
Tools
|
St. Lawrence Island
| |
| 98-18-10/51981 | Mouthpieces for seal floats |
Fishing and trapping
|
Nome Census Area
| |
| 34-18-10/2732 | Wooden plug from seal skin float |
Raw Material
Worked Wood |
Greenland
| |
| 69-30-10/1704 | Seal float |
Float
|
Alaska
| |
| 69-30-10/1705 | Seal float |
Float
|
Alaska
| |
| 94-25-10/52380 | Large seal float for harpoon line |
Float
|
Greenland
| |
| 51-16-10/33134 | Dumbbell-shaped ivory object - seal plug |
Lip plug
|
Old Hut Site
| |
| 23-29-10/98079 | Seal wound plugs |
Fishing and trapping
|
Greenland
| |
| 23-21-10/97986.3 | Lance, dart-harpoon for throwing stick, harpoon and floats |
Harpoon
|
Qaarsut
| |
| 41-29-10/23219 | Float plug of ivory or bone |
Utilized ivory
|
St. Lawrence Island
| |
| 98-18-10/52010 | Ivory lip plugs or labrets |
Labret
|
Nome Census Area
|