Fastener or button

Museum number:
2-37893
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.1681
Description:
Belt fastener or button in effigy of spotted seal pup; ivory.
Donor:
Lucy Bloomfield
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Harry W. Bloomfield
Collection date:
1906-1928
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Buttons (fasteners)
Accession date:
1962
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 2 inches
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fastener or button, accession number 2-37893, described as Belt fastener or button in effigy of spotted seal pup; ivory.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fastener or button, accession number 2-37893, described as Belt fastener or button in effigy of spotted seal pup; ivory.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fastener or button, accession number 2-37893, described as Belt fastener or button in effigy of spotted seal pup; ivory.

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