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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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