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Museum number
As1943,06.5
Description
Ivory toggle, pierced through the centre.
Production ethnic group
Made by:
Chukchi
Excavator/field collector
Field Collection by:
Lt William Hulme Hooper
Findspot
Found/Acquired:
Bering Strait
Found/Acquired:
Alaska (state)
Materials
ivory
Technique
pierced
Dimensions
Height:
0.60 centimetres
Weight:
23 grammes
Width:
9.90 centimetres
Depth:
1.90 centimetres
Curator's comments
Register 1943: Collected in 1848 by Lt. W. H. Hooper from the Chukchi of Bering Straits, USSR in the course of an expedition in search of Sir John Franklin. See Lt W. H. Hooper, R. N., "Ten Months Among the Tents of the Tuski", p. 42.
Location
Not on display
Acquisition name
Donated by:
Miss K Eden Hooper
Acquisition date
1943
Department
Asia
Registration number
As1943,06.5