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Object Number
88-51-10/50280
Display Title
Ivory comb for deer skins
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Comb or fork, tines ar one end, one broken, perforated handle
Classification
- Comb
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: 11.9 x 2 x 0.9 cm (4 11/16 x 13/16 x 3/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
50280 & 44474 & Sledge I.
Provenance
Collector
Edward William Nelson
(1879)
Donor
Smithsonian Institution
(1888)
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