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Object Number
88-51-10/50286
Display Title
Ivory netting needle
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Netting needle, ivory, perforated at center, carved, tong-like ends
Classification
- Needle
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: 31.9 x 1.6 x 0.9 cm (12 9/16 x 5/8 x 3/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
50286, 45010 [crossed out], Sledge I, Nelson
Provenance
Collector
Edward William Nelson
Donor
Smithsonian Institution
(1888)
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