Labret

Museum number:
2-15576
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
50 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.708
Description:
Oval bone labret, 2 faces inlaid with haliotis shell.
Donor:
W. Barclay Stephens
Collection place:
Masset, Graham Island, Queen Charlotte Islands
Verbatim coll. place:
Canada; British Columbia; Queen Charlotte Islands; Masset
Culture or time period:
Haida
Collector:
Willie J. Clark Dodd
Collection date:
1887-1890
Taxon:
Haliotis
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Labrets (jewelry worn on the head)
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Accession date:
1936
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
2 centimeters and length 4.5 centimeters
Loans:
S1945-1946 #4: Winfield Scott Wellington (March 11, 1946–October 28, 1955)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Labret, accession number 2-15576, described as Oval bone labret, 2 faces inlaid with haliotis shell.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Labret, accession number 2-15576, described as Oval bone labret, 2 faces inlaid with haliotis shell.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Labret, accession number 2-15576, described as Oval bone labret, 2 faces inlaid with haliotis shell.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Labret, accession number 2-15576, described as Oval bone labret, 2 faces inlaid with haliotis shell.

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