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Maker(s):Anonymous
Culture:Native American; Inuit
Title:Seal Toggle
Date Made:ca. 1900
Type:Personal Equipment
Materials:ivory (walrus)
Place Made:United States; Alaska; Inuit Nunangat (Northern Canada--Nunavut, northern Ontario, Newfoundland, Labrador, Northwest Territories); Northern Alaska and Little Diomede Island
Measurements:1 11/16 in.; 4.2863 cm
Accession Number:  SC 1960.148
Credit Line:Gift of Charlotte Heussy McAllister, class of 1930
Museum Collection:  Smith College Museum of Art
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Description:
This carved walrus ivory pendant portrays a seal decorated with numerous incised circles, in classic Inuit fashion. The toggle would be affixed with a thin strip of leather or fiber to create a wearable piece of clothing adornment. AP2018

Tags:
seals

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