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Seal skin cord with ivory slide
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Object Number 88-51-10/50327
Display Title Seal skin cord with ivory slide
Descriptions
Object Description Seal skin cord with ivory slide
Inventory Description Seal skin cord with ivory slide
Department Ethnographic
Date 1800-1888
Culture
  • Kotzebue Sound
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska
Additional Geographic Terms Kotzebue Sound
Provenance
Collector Edward William Nelson
Donor Smithsonian Institution (1888)

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