Button

Museum number:
2-6122
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
X-2315 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Carved ivory button. 2 walrus heads back to back with groove in between.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Pastolik, Wade Hampton Borough, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Pastolik
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
1898
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Buttons (fasteners)
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
to attach belt loop
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 2.8 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Button, accession number 2-6122, described as Carved ivory button. 2 walrus heads back to back with groove in between.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Button, accession number 2-6122, described as Carved ivory button. 2 walrus heads back to back with groove in between.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Button, accession number 2-6122, described as Carved ivory button. 2 walrus heads back to back with groove in between.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Button, accession number 2-6122, described as Carved ivory button. 2 walrus heads back to back with groove in between.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Button, accession number 2-6122, described as Carved ivory button. 2 walrus heads back to back with groove in between.

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