Cup and dice

Museum number:

2-5866a-g

Permalink:

ark:/21549/hm21025866a@2dg

Alternate number:

x-956 (original number)

Accession number:

Acc.167

Object count:

7

Description:

(a) Pedestal based walrus ivory cup. (b - g) Dice.

Donor:

Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections

Collection place:

Alaska

Verbatim coll. place:

Alaska

Culture or time period:

Alaskan Eskimo

Collector:

unknown

Collection date:

1898

Materials:

Walrus ivory

Taxon:

Odobenus rosmarus

Object type:

ethnography

Function:

5.7 Gifts, Novelties, Models, Reproductions (excluding currency), Commemorative Medals, and Forgeries

Accession date:

1904

Context of use:

Might be made for sale.

Department:

Cat. 2 - North America (except Mexico and Central America)

Dimensions:

a— length 9.6 centimeters and b-g— width 1 centimeters

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