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Object Number
88-51-10/50274
Display Title
Bear's tooth handles for cord for drill
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Two animal teeth, bear, perforated at center and base, split and broken
Classification
- Ornament
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1800-1888
Culture
- Aiakamut
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Alaska
/
Sledge Island
Materials
Animal tooth
Dimensions
Overall: 7.8 x 2.2 x 1.5 cm (3 1/16 x 7/8 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity
2
Label on object
50274 & Sledge
Provenance
Collector
Edward William Nelson
(1882)
Donor
Smithsonian Institution
(1888)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 88-51-10/50165 | Drill cord with handles |
Woodworking
|
St. Michael
| |
| 88-51-10/49975 | Section of bear's tooth, perforated |
Pendant
|
Alaska
| |
| 71-19-40/5112 | Bears tooth, drilled. Carnivore teeth, possible small canine. |
Ornament
|
St. Aubin
| |
| 71-19-40/5113 | Bears tooth, drilled |
Ornament
|
St. Aubin
| |
| 05-23-10/64891 | Bear's tooth |
Bone
|
North America
| |
|
Image Not Available
for Fragment of bear's tooth(?).
| 84-6-10/32486 | Fragment of bear's tooth(?). |
Turner Group; Ohio State Site # 33HA 26
| ||
| 71-19-40/5111 | Bears tooth, drilled |
Pendant
|
Switzerland
| |
| 03-38-10/62809 | Necklace of elk teeth and bear's claws |
Necklace
|
Montana?
| |
|
Image Not Available
for Cast of : Bear's tooth (?)
| 29-67-60/E3585 | Cast of : Bear's tooth (?) |
Cast
|
Caves
| |
|
Image Not Available
for Burnt bear's teeth
| 93-25-10/90623 | Burnt bear's teeth |
Faunal Remain
|
Hopewell Mound Group
| |
| 71-19-40/5464 | Bears teeth used for ornaments, drilled. Ursidae, teeth. |
Ornament
|
Switzerland
| |
| 01-21-10/56804 | Necklace of bears claws |
Necklace
|
Washington
|