Button or toggle

Museum number:
2-57888
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020057888
Accession number:
Acc.3074
Description:
Oval piece of walrus ivory, incised circle and dot motif outside face. 2 perforations on underside.
Donor:
Dolores Juarez Unger and Vivian J. Rose
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Mrs. Juarez
Collection date:
unknown
Taxon:
Odobenus rosmarus
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Buttons (fasteners)
Accession date:
1974
Context of use:
Probably novelty.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 3.4 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Button or toggle, accession number 2-57888, described as Oval piece of walrus ivory, incised circle and dot motif outside face. 2 perforations on underside.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Button or toggle, accession number 2-57888, described as Oval piece of walrus ivory, incised circle and dot motif outside face. 2 perforations on underside.

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