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Photo of collection object Drag with ivory seal-head toggle — Inupiaq. Drag with ivory seal-head toggle, late 19th century. Hide, ivory, toggle width: 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm) length: 9 3/8 in. (23.8 cm). A. Augustus Healy Fund, 44.34.11. Creative Commons-BY.

Brooklyn Museum

Brooklyn Museum

Drag with ivory seal-head toggle

late 19th century

Inupiaq

Arts of the Americas

Original Source

Maker/Artist: Inupiaq
Classification: Tool
Formatted Medium: Hide, ivory
Medium: hide, ivory
Locations: Place made: Kotzebue Sound, Alaska, United States
Dimensions: toggle width: 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm) length: 9 3/8 in. (23.8 cm)
Departments: Arts of the Americas
Accession Number: 44.34.11
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Rights Statement

Creative Commons-BY

Museum Location

Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor

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