Carved Ivory Implement
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: "ILLUS. IN USNM REPT, 1895; P1. 41, FIG. 4; P. 812." FROM CARD: WORK-BAG FASTENER.---MADE OF WALRUS IVORY, ORNAMENTED WITH CARVED LINES CROSSING EACH OTHER AND FORMING FIGURES OF DIFFERENT SHAPES. ONE END CARVED IN REPRESENTATION AN EAGLE'S HEAD. A SMALL HOLE IS CUT THROUGH THE IVORY TO RECEIVE THE STRING USED IN TYING UP THE WORK BAG. LENGTH, 5 1/4 INCHES; WIDTH, 1/2 INCH. ESKIMO OF ANOGOGUMUT, ALASKA. 37,431. COLLECTED BY E. W. NELSON."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Sfugunugumut, 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: E37431-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Ivory Object
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 13.34 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 1.3 cm