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Object Number 69-30-10/2047
Display Title Button, made of bone
Descriptions
Object Description Button, made of bone. Toggle.
Inventory Description Toggle button, carved, tubular, grooved mid-section, brown
Classification
  • Button
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Western Arctic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska
Materials Bone
Dimensions Overall: 5.6 x 1.1 x 1.1 cm (2 3/16 x 7/16 x 7/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 2047
Provenance
Collector Capt. Edward Gustavus Fast (1867-1868)
Donor Capt. Edward Gustavus Fast (1869)

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