Labret
- Museum number:
- 2-9386
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21020009386
- Alternate number:
- P. 23 (original number)
- Accession number:
- Acc.371
- Description:
- Made of ivory, nail-shaped.
- Donor:
- Phoebe Apperson Hearst
- Collection place:
- Alaska
- Verbatim coll. place:
- Alaska
- Culture or time period:
- Alaskan Eskimo
- Collector:
- Phoebe Apperson Hearst
- Collection date:
- unknown
- Object type:
- ethnography
- Object class:
- Labrets (jewelry worn on the head)
- Accession date:
- May 1909
- Context of use:
- Part of a series used by Eskimo men to complete the process of enlarging the labret holes.
- Department:
- Native US and Canada (except California)
- Dimensions:
- length 2.5 centimeters
- Legacy documentation:
-