Cigarette holder

Museum number:
2-45297
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Accession number:
Acc.2747
Description:
Made of ivory. Handle end carved in shape of fish with engraved and darkened eye and fin. Fish apears to be swallowing holder.
Donor:
Harold J. Murphy
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Harold J. Murphy
Collection date:
1945-1971
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Cigarette holders (personal equipment)
Accession date:
1971
Context of use:
Tourist curio.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 17.2 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cigarette holder, accession number 2-45297, described as Made of ivory. Handle end carved in shape of fish with engraved and darkened eye and fin. Fish apears to be swallowing holder.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cigarette holder, accession number 2-45297, described as Made of ivory. Handle end carved in shape of fish with engraved and darkened eye and fin. Fish apears to be swallowing holder.

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