Labret mold

Museum number:
5-7881
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050007881
Alternate number:
146 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2307
Description:
Labret mold; steatite; cylindrical with slightly flaring base; height: 4.5 cm; diameter: 7.5 cm. To make adornments of aluminum used by older men. Made by men
Donor:
Mary Jean Aerni and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Moroto, Northern Region, Uganda
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Uganda; Moroto; Karamojong (Murdock 43:21)
Culture or time period:
Karamojong
Collector:
Mary Jean Aerni
Collection date:
June 1967
Materials:
Soapstone (metamorphic rock)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Labrets (jewelry worn on the head)
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Accession date:
1967
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Labret mold, accession number 5-7881, described as Labret mold; steatite; cylindrical with slightly flaring base; height: 4.5 cm; diameter: 7.5 cm. To make adornments of aluminum used by older men. Made by men
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Labret mold, accession number 5-7881, described as Labret mold; steatite; cylindrical with slightly flaring base; height: 4.5 cm; diameter: 7.5 cm. To make adornments of aluminum used by older men. Made by men

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