Ivory Carving
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1 Nov 1878
name: label: Donor Name
content: Edward W. Nelson
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARDS: "ILLUS. IN USNM REPT, 1895; P1. 26, FIG. 3; P. 794 OLD LABEL: "SEAL DRAG.-MADE OF A RAWHIDE THONG, FASTENED INTO A HANDLE OF WALRUS IVORY, WHICH IS CARVED TO REPRESENT TWO SEAL HEADS. USED FOR HAULING DEAD SEALS." LOANED TO ALASKA STATE MUSEUM 3-31-83. LOAN RETURNED 09 23 87." "...Length, 8 inches. ESKIMO of ST. MICHAEL ISLAND, Alaska. 33,663. Collected by E.W. NELSON."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 14 Dec 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: St. Michael, Norton Sound, Alaska, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Eskimo
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 78A00080
label: USNM Number
content: E33663-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Carving
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 20 cm