Ornament

50-51-39

From: United States of America | Alaska | Cape Prince of Wales

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 50-51-39
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Eskimo
Provenience United States of America | Alaska | Cape Prince of Wales
Culture Area Arctic Culture Area
Section American
Materials Ivory
Technique Carved
Description

Fossil mammoth ivory. Cylindrical. Tapers to a blunt tip at one end. Other end flat with a deep notch, apparently for attachment to something else.

Length 5.8 cm
Width 1 cm
Credit Line Bering Strait Expedition, F. G. Rainey, 1950

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