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Teeth of bear
Object Number 88-51-10/50304
Display Title Teeth of bear
Descriptions
Object Description Teeth of bear
Inventory Description Three animal teeth, bear, perforated at base
Classification
  • Ornament
Department Ethnographic
Date 1800-1888
Culture
  • Asiatic Eskimo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska / Nome Census Area / St. Lawrence Island
Materials Animal tooth
Dimensions Overall: 8.1 x 2.4 x 1.8 cm (3 3/16 x 15/16 x 11/16 in.)
Quantity 3
Label on object 50304 & 63235 (crossed out)
Provenance
Collector Edward William Nelson (1880)
Donor Smithsonian Institution (1888)

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