Carved Ivory Workbag-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: "ILLUS. IN BAE 18TH AR, PT. 1; P1. XLV-26; P. 108." FROM CARD: "WORK-BAG FASTENER.---MADE OF WALRUS IVORY AND CARVED IN REPRESENTATION OF A SEAL. ORNAMENTAL BANDS CARVED AROUND THE NECK AND TAIL. VARIOUS FIGURES ORNAMENT THE BODY. A SMALL HOLE IS CUT THROUGH THE IVORY TO RECEIVE THE STRING USED IN TYING UP THE WORK BAG. LENGTH, 4 1/2 INCHES; DIAMETER, 5/8 INCH. ESKIMO OF NULOKHTOLOGUMUT, ALASKA. 38,241. COLLECTED BY E. W. NELSON."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 4 Jan 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Nulukhtulogumut, 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: E38241-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Bag Fastener
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 11.4 cm
label: Diameter - Object
content: 1.587 cm