Labret

Museum number:
2-326
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Accession number:
Acc.46
Description:
2 separate pieces of ivory. External part rounded oval. Made of ivory and wooden peg.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Lower Yukon, Yukon, Yukon-Koyukuk Borough
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Lower Yukon
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Charles L. Hall
Collection date:
ca. 1895
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Labrets (jewelry worn on the head)
Accession date:
August 12, 1902
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 3 centimeters
Loans:
S1967-1968 #25 [formerly I-54-B]: University of California, Riverside/John F. Goins (July 1, 1954–present) and S1983-1984 #4: City of Palo Alto (August 22, 1983–January 11, 1984)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Labret, accession number 2-326, described as 2 separate pieces of ivory. External part rounded oval. Made of ivory and wooden peg.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Labret, accession number 2-326, described as 2 separate pieces of ivory. External part rounded oval. Made of ivory and wooden peg.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Labret, accession number 2-326, described as 2 separate pieces of ivory. External part rounded oval. Made of ivory and wooden peg.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Labret, accession number 2-326, described as 2 separate pieces of ivory. External part rounded oval. Made of ivory and wooden peg.

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