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Object Number
88-51-10/50308
Display Title
Carving representing seal
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Pendant, carved ivory seal, incised and pigmented features, 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: 5.4 x 1.9 x 1.4 cm (2 1/8 x 3/4 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
50308, [49186] / Nelson / St L
Provenance
Collector
Edward William Nelson
Donor
Smithsonian Institution
(1888)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 98-18-10/51974 | Ivory pendants representing seal |
Pendant
|
Alaska
| |
| 88-51-10/50095 | Ivory carving representing fish and seal-incised |
Sculpture
|
Alaska
| |
| 98-18-10/51993 | Carving representing fish or seal |
Carving
Raw Material |
Alaska
| |
| 88-51-10/50306 | Ivory carvings representing birds, worn as ornaments or charms |
Pendant
|
St. Lawrence Island
| |
| 98-18-10/51994 | Carving representing seal |
Raw Material
Carving |
Alaska
| |
| 59-14-10/38874A | Seal: one of four small ivory carvings |
Figurine
|
Resolute Bay
| |
| 88-51-10/50305 | Ivory carving representing a bird |
Pendant
|
St. Lawrence Island
| |
|
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for Ivory carving representing seal
| 88-51-10/50317 | Ivory carving representing seal |
Alaska
| ||
| 88-51-10/50279 | Ivory belt toggles |
Pendant
|
Sledge Island
| |
| 98-18-10/51969 | Ivory carvings of seal |
Carving
Raw Material |
Alaska
| |
| 88-51-10/50075 | Ivory toggle |
Pendant
|
Alaska
| |
| 51-16-10/33145B | Small ivory carving - seal |
Figurine
|
Old Hut Site
|