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Object Number
88-51-10/50263
Display Title
Snuff tube of bone
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Snuff tube, bone, plain, tubular, chipped
Classification
- Accessory
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1800-1888
Culture
- Ayaasariarmiut
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Alaska
/
Nome Census Area
Additional Geographic Terms
Cape Nome
Materials
Bone
Dimensions
Overall: 13.1 x 1.7 x 1.5 cm (5 3/16 x 11/16 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
50263; 44468 [crossed out], C Nome [illegible], Nelson / Snuff tube
Provenance
Collector
Edward William Nelson
Donor
Smithsonian Institution
(1888)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 88-51-10/50195 | Snuff tube with incised cross hatching |
Accessory
|
Alaska
| |
| 88-51-10/50147.1 | Snuff tubes-segmented carving |
Accessory
|
Alaska
| |
| 88-51-10/50147.2 | Snuff tubes-segmented carving |
Accessory
|
Alaska
| |
| 98-18-10/51977 | Ivory cylinder, snuff tube with incised linear design in 3 bands |
Accessory
|
Nome Census Area
| |
| 992-27-30/11650 | Set of snuff tubes |
Accessory
Raw Material |
Venezuela
| |
| 88-51-10/50082 | One snuff tube and two needle cases of bone |
Textileworking
|
Alaska
| |
| 88-51-10/49969 | Snuff tube with arrow shaped incised markings |
Pipe
|
Alaska
| |
| 09-3-30/75925 | Snuff tube |
Snuff tube
|
Peru
| |
| 88-51-10/49973 | Snuff tube-incised cross-hatching |
Pipe
|
Alaska
| |
| 09-3-30/75924.2 | Snuff tubes |
Snuff tube
|
Piro
| |
| 09-3-30/75924.1 | Snuff tubes |
Snuff tube
|
Piro
| |
| 15-41-30/86912 | Snuff tube |
Utilized bone
|
Coyungo?
|