Aleutian Islands, Alaska, United States, North America
Accession Date:
16 Dec 1879
Notes:
FROM CARD: "TWO FIGURES (SEALS) JOINED. WITH BAR OF IVORY FROM BELLIES. ILLUS. IN USNM REPT, 1894; PL. 57, FIG. 2; P. 840. INVENTORIED 1979."
E35877, 35900, and 35903 are Illus. Fig. 119b, p. 113 in Black, Lydia. 2003. Aleut art = Unangam aguqaadangin. Virginia Beach, VA: Donning Co. Publishers. They are identified there as "Possible toggles or handles in the shape of paired sea mammals, Atka."