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Object Number 88-51-10/50276
Display Title Ivory slide for cord
Descriptions
Inventory Description Worked ivory, perforated, incised, two metal studs in sides
Classification
  • Tools
Department Ethnographic
Date 1800-1888
Culture
  • Aiakamut
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska / Nome Census Area / Sledge Island
Materials Ivory
Dimensions Overall: 2.6 x 1.8 x 1.2 cm (1 x 11/16 x 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 50276 & 5175 & Stud
Provenance
Collector Unknown (?)
Donor Smithsonian Institution (1888)

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