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Object Number 88-51-10/50329
Display Title Ivory belt toggle
Descriptions
Object Description Ivory belt toggle
Inventory Description Carved ivory seal toggle, inlay eyes
Classification
  • Button
  • Raw Material
Department Ethnographic
Date 1800-1888
Culture
  • Pitagmiut
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska / <County> / Cape Espenberg
Additional Geographic Terms Kotzebue Sound
Materials Ivory
Dimensions Overall: 4.4 x 1.6 x 1.6 cm (1 3/4 x 5/8 x 5/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 50329; (46455); (3703)/Eskimo C. Espenburg/Kotzebue Sound/J. H. Bean
Provenance
Collector T. H. Bean
Donor Smithsonian Institution (1888)

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