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Maker(s):Unknown
Culture:Native American; American Indian; Yupik or Iñupiat
Title:Seal drag toggle
Type:Tool
Materials:Ivory and ink
Place Made:North America; United States; Alaska; Cape Nome; Norton Sound
Measurements:Overall: 13/16 in x 1 1/8 in x 2 1/2 in; 2.1 cm x 2.9 cm x 6.4 cm
Accession Number:  MH 16b.G
Credit Line:Gift of Mary Gage Peterson (Class of 1865)
Museum Collection:  Mount Holyoke College Art Museum

This object is under review for NAGPRA-sensitivity.

Recent updates to NAGPRA (Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act) require consent from lineal descendants and/or affiliated Native American Tribes or Native Hawaiian Organizations before displaying or researching cultural items. We have removed the public image of this belonging until we can learn more about the wishes of the descendants of those who made it or affiliated Tribal officials.

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Description:
Carved ivory in the shape of a seal with mouth and paws incised and blackened with ink. Hole runs through center.

Tags:
indigenous people; Native American

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