Labret

Museum number:
2-332
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.46
Description:
Made of ivory. Blue glass bead ornament attached with wood peg. Nelson's "hat shape" type.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Point Hope, North Slope Borough, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Point Hope
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:
width 2.8 centimeters
Comment:
References: Nelson Pl. XII# 13.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Labret, accession number 2-332, described as Made of ivory. Blue glass bead ornament attached with wood peg. Nelson's "hat shape" type.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Labret, accession number 2-332, described as Made of ivory. Blue glass bead ornament attached with wood peg. Nelson's "hat shape" type.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Labret, accession number 2-332, described as Made of ivory. Blue glass bead ornament attached with wood peg. Nelson's "hat shape" type.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Labret, accession number 2-332, described as Made of ivory. Blue glass bead ornament attached with wood peg. Nelson's "hat shape" type.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Labret, accession number 2-332, described as Made of ivory. Blue glass bead ornament attached with wood peg. Nelson's "hat shape" type.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Labret, accession number 2-332, described as Made of ivory. Blue glass bead ornament attached with wood peg. Nelson's "hat shape" type.

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