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Object Number 88-51-10/50299
Display Title Perforated object of ivory
Descriptions
Inventory Description Labret, carved ivory, perforated
Classification
  • Labret
Department Ethnographic
Date 1800-1888
Culture
  • Asiatic Eskimo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska / Nome Census Area / St. Lawrence Island
Materials Ivory
Dimensions Overall: 4.2 x 2.2 x 1.7 cm (1 5/8 x 7/8 x 11/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 50299 & [63364]\St. Lawrence\Nelson
Provenance
Collector Edward William Nelson (ca. 1875)
Donor Smithsonian Institution (1888)

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