Lot Essay
A note with the box states that the box and its contents were excavated on St. Lawrence Island in the village of Kialegak, South East Cape, by Bryce Miklahook
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A BALEEN BOX WITH VARIOUS ANIMALS AND FIGURES
The oval baleen box containing a seated ivory human figure and thirty-three ivory birds and animals, a large wood quadruped and a small wood quadruped with hole through the body; and four fragments
2.5cm. to 19cm. (41)
The oval baleen box containing a seated ivory human figure and thirty-three ivory birds and animals, a large wood quadruped and a small wood quadruped with hole through the body; and four fragments
2.5cm. to 19cm. (41)
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