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Maker(s):	Unknown
Culture:	Alaska Native; Yupik or Iñupiat
Title:	Letter Opener
Date Made:	20th century
Materials:	Ivory, paint
Place Made:	North America; United States; Alaska
Measurements:	overall: 5 1/2 x 3/4 x 7/16 in.; 13.97 x 1.905 x 1.1113 cm
Accession Number:	MH 2000.266.46.1.INV
Credit Line:	Gift of Rachel (Spinney) Simmet (Class of 1931)
Museum Collection:	Mount Holyoke College Art Museum

Description:
Long implement (shaped like a letter opener) with three seal heads protruding as decoration and a pointed lower tip.

Tags:
indigenous people; Native American

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