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Ivory comb for deer skins
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 / 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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