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Ivory carving representing seal
Image Not Available for Ivory carving representing seal
Object Number 88-51-10/50317
Display Title Ivory carving representing seal
Descriptions
Object Description Ivory carving representing seal
Department Ethnographic
Date 1800-1888
Culture
  • Kingigmumte
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska / Nome Census Area
Additional Geographic Terms Cape Prince of Wales
Provenance
Collector Edward William Nelson
Donor Smithsonian Institution (1888)

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