Fastener

Museum number:
2-6791
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
x-2984 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Ivory belt fastener, a series of concentric circles incised on a round piece of ivory with four exterior lobe-like extentions; circular hole in the center.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
1898
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
Traditional design but unused and therefore may have been made for a sale example.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
diameter 5.2 centimeters
Loans:
S1964-1965 #9: University of California, Davis (September 3, 1964–January 1965)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Fastener, accession number 2-6791, described as Ivory belt fastener, a series of concentric circles incised on a round piece of ivory with four exterior lobe-like extentions; circular hole in the center.Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Fastener, accession number 2-6791, described as Ivory belt fastener, a series of concentric circles incised on a round piece of ivory with four exterior lobe-like extentions; circular hole in the center.Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Fastener, accession number 2-6791, described as Ivory belt fastener, a series of concentric circles incised on a round piece of ivory with four exterior lobe-like extentions; circular hole in the center.Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Fastener, accession number 2-6791, described as Ivory belt fastener, a series of concentric circles incised on a round piece of ivory with four exterior lobe-like extentions; circular hole in the center.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fastener, accession number 2-6791, described as Ivory belt fastener, a series of concentric circles incised on a round piece of ivory with four exterior lobe-like extentions; circular hole in the center.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fastener, accession number 2-6791, described as Ivory belt fastener, a series of concentric circles incised on a round piece of ivory with four exterior lobe-like extentions; circular hole in the center.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fastener, accession number 2-6791, described as Ivory belt fastener, a series of concentric circles incised on a round piece of ivory with four exterior lobe-like extentions; circular hole in the center.

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