Ivory Work Bag Fastener
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1879
name: label: Collector
content: Edward W. Nelson
label: Donor Name
content: Edward W. Nelson
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "WORK-BAG FASTENER.---A ROUNDED STRIP OF WALRUS IVORY ORNAMENTED WITH TWELVE BANDS OF PARALLEL LINES. THERE IS A SLIGHT PROJECTION IN THE CENTER, THROUGH WHICH A HOLE IS CUT TO RECEIVE THE STRING USED IN TYING UP THE WORK BAG. LENGTH, 7 1/2 INCHES; DIAMETER, 3/8 INCH. ESKIMO OF BIG LAKE, ALASKA. 36,637. COLLECTED BY E. W. NELSON."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Big Lake, Yukon & Kuskokwim Delta, Alaska, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 008133
label: USNM Number
content: E36637-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Bag Fastener
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 19.1 cm
label: Diameter - Object
content: 0.953 cm