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Object Number
88-51-10/50328
Display Title
Ivory toggle
Descriptions
Object Description
Ivory toggle
Inventory Description
Toggle, animal effigy, inlaid features
Classification
- Ornament
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1800-1888
Culture
- Kotzebue Sound
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Alaska
Additional Geographic Terms
Kotzebue Sound
Materials
Ivory
Dimensions
Overall: 4.4 x 2.5 x 1.9 cm (1 3/4 x 1 x 3/4 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
50328 / 48649 / Kotzebue Sd / Nelson
Provenance
Collector
Edward William Nelson
Donor
Smithsonian Institution
(1888)
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