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Object Number 88-51-10/50330
Display Title Ivory carving of eider duck
Descriptions
Inventory Description Carved ivory duck, small
Classification
  • Raw Material
  • Carving
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: 2.2 x 4.6 x 1.9 cm (7/8 x 1 13/16 x 3/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 50330; (37709) Kotz; Leder
Provenance
Collector Edward William Nelson
Donor Smithsonian Institution (1888)

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