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Object Number 88-51-10/50377
Display Title Ivory ornaments
Descriptions
Object Description Ivory ornaments
Inventory Description Ornaments, carved ivory, perforated with rawhide knot, 1 fish shaped with bead
Classification
  • Ornament
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Eskimo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / Northwest Territories
Additional Geographic Terms Mackenzie River B.A.
Dimensions Overall: 7.9 x 1 x 0.6 cm (3 1/8 x 3/8 x 1/4 in.)
Quantity 3
Label on object 50377; 2752, 22#2, Mak
Provenance
Provenance Robert Kennicott (1838-1886)

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