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Dish of whale bone and wood
Dish of whale bone and wood
Object Number 88-51-10/50311
Display Title Dish of whale bone and wood
Descriptions
Inventory Description Bowl, oval, wood base, baleen sides, sewn construction, bent, worn base
Classification
  • Bowl
Department Ethnographic
Date 1800-1888
Culture
  • Asiatic Eskimo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska / Nome Census Area / St. Lawrence Island
Materials Baleen, Wood, Vegetable fiber
Dimensions Overall: 18.5 x 14.4 x 7.5 cm (7 5/16 x 5 11/16 x 2 15/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object [crossed out] 63248/ StLawrenceI/ Nelson/ 50311
Provenance
Collector Edward William Nelson
Donor Smithsonian Institution (1888)

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