Ivory Carving
date: label: Accession Date
content: 16 Dec 1879
name: label: Donor Name
content: Lucien M. Turner
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "Carved ivory miniature staff."
label: Notes
content: Illus. Fig. 104, p. 97 in Black, Lydia. 2003. Aleut art = Unangam aguqaadangin. Virginia Beach, VA: Donning Co. Publishers. Identified in photo caption as tattoo needle handle, collected by Lucien M. Turner 1879, possibly on Atka. On p. 96 it is also identified as a lancet handle, and described as intricately carved, the end topped with a miniscule bird figurine. See also E35897.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 7 Jul 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Aleutian Islands, 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: 79A00065
label: USNM Number
content: E35915-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Carving