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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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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 88-51-10/50306 | Ivory carvings representing birds, worn as ornaments or charms |
Pendant
|
St. Lawrence Island
| |
| 88-51-10/50404 | Ivory carving representing bird |
Figurine
|
Canada
| |
| 88-51-10/50308 | Carving representing seal |
Pendant
|
St. Lawrence Island
| |
| 98-18-10/51970 | Ivory carving of whale |
Pendant
|
Nome Census Area
| |
| 98-18-10/51974 | Ivory pendants representing seal |
Pendant
|
Nome Census Area
| |
| 64-34-10/43939 | Ivory carving - two loons swimming |
Sculpture
|
Pelly Bay
| |
| 98-18-10/51975 | Ivory pendant representing whale |
Pendant
Raw Material |
Nome Census Area
| |
| 64-34-10/43940 | Ivory carving - loon swimming under water |
Raw Material
Carving |
Pelly Bay
| |
| 88-51-10/50316 | Ivory carving representing bear |
Figurine
|
Nome Census Area
| |
| 88-51-10/50095 | Ivory carving representing fish and seal-incised |
Sculpture
|
Bethel Census Area
| |
| 99-12-10/53130 | Ivory carving representing walrus |
Carving
Raw Material |
Alaska
| |
| 04-9-10/62817 | Ivory carving representing sledge and six dogs |
Figurine
Raw Material |
Labrador
|