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Object Number 88-51-10/50305
Display Title Ivory carving representing a bird
Descriptions
Inventory Description Pendant, carved ivory zoomorphic figure (loon?, swimming caribou?), perforated
Classification
  • Pendant
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: 5 x 1.8 x 1.6 cm (1 15/16 x 11/16 x 5/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 50305 / St L
Provenance
Collector Edward William Nelson
Donor Smithsonian Institution (1888)

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