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Object Number
07-8-10/75267
Display Title
Ivory plug ?
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Carved ivory implement, tapered tp point at 1 end, carved whale body.
Classification
- Tools
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Western Arctic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Alaska
/
North Slope Burough
/
Flaxman Island
Materials
Ivory
Dimensions
Overall: 12.8 x 1.7 x 0.9 cm (5 1/16 x 11/16 x 3/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
75267
Provenance
Expedition
Anglo-American Polar Expedition
(1907)
Collector
Prof. Vilhjalmur Stefansson
(1907)
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| |
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|
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| |
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|
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| |
| 07-8-10/75266 | Ivory plug ? |
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|
Flaxman Island
| |
| 88-51-10/50159 | Ivory and a bone needle case, with plug |
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|
Alaska
| |
| 51-16-10/33134 | Dumbbell-shaped ivory object - seal plug |
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|
Old Hut Site
| |
| 98-18-10/51979 | Ivory plug? |
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|
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| |
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Tools
|
Alaska
| |
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|
Nome Census Area
| |
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Tools
|
Siberia
| |
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Tools
|
Siberia
|