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Catalog Number

CAS 0521-0020   CAS 0521-0020; Ivory implement
Category Tools & Implements
Object Name Ivory implement
Culture Eskimo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Alaska
County Nome
Other Geographic Data St. Lawrence Island
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name N/A
Materials Ivory
Description Indeterminate tool carved from single piece of ivory, cylindrical in overall shape and tapered to blunt point on both ends; Wide encircling band is carved around mid-section, its surface roughened by numerous cut marks.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 1.6, Thickness = 1.3, Length = 11.4