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Object Number
88-51-10/50283
Display Title
Box or bag handle
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Handle, ivory, incised and pigmented fox or otter head at one end, perforated
Classification
- Handle
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: 18 x 1.6 x 1.1 cm (7 1/16 x 5/8 x 7/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
50283; 45150 / Sledge
Provenance
Collector
Edward William Nelson
(1876)
Donor
Smithsonian Institution
(1888)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 88-51-10/50211.1 | Box or bag handles of ivory |
Tools
|
Alaska
| |
| 69-30-10/1999 | Ivory net-making tool |
Handle
|
Alaska
| |
| 88-51-10/50211.2 | Box or bag handles of ivory |
Tools
|
Alaska
| |
| 88-51-10/50364 | Drum handle |
Handle
|
North Slope Burough
| |
| 88-51-10/50212 | Box or bag handle of ivory |
Tools
|
Alaska
| |
| 88-51-10/50326 | Ivory cord handles |
Handle
|
Alaska
| |
| 2002.1.345 | Ivory utensil handle, incised grip, hollow |
Handle
|
Africa?
| |
| 88-51-10/50116 | Ivory cord handles |
Handle
|
Alaska
| |
| 98-18-10/51997 | Handles for drill thong-1 with single perforation, 1 with three perforations |
Handle
|
Nome Census Area
| |
| 41-29-10/23227 | Ulu (woman's knife) handle of ivory |
Handle
|
St. Lawrence Island
| |
| 13-52-10/87964 | Shave handles |
Handle
|
North Slope Burough
| |
| 36-5-60/2532 | Section of cylindrical ivory handle - modern? |
Handle
|
Yemen
|