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Button or fastener

Date:

Old Bering Sea II, 100–300

Location:

Not on display

Century:

Media:

Ivory

Dimensions:

1 1/4 x 3/4 x 9/16 in.

Department:

Object Type:

Country:

Continent:

North America

Culture/People:

Inuit, OBS II

Accession Number:

2007.21.70

Acquisition Date:

2007-06-21

Credit Line:

Bequest of Thomas G. Fowler

Mushroom shaped button or fastener with incised lines and ellipses typical of OBS ll period. Dark brown patina.

Contemporaneous Works “Art from the same century and country”

Seal (100–300)

Bear effigy (Old Bering Sea II to Old Bering Sea III, 100–500)

Needle case and needles (Old Bering Sea II to Old Bering Sea III, 100–500)

Petroglyph (ca. 100–1500)