Visor ornament

Museum number:
2-6061
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020006061
Alternate number:
x-2254 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Hunting visor or helmet ornament. Carved ivory head of walrus, single perforation at base of head, elongated tusks.
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
Taxon:
Odobenus rosmarus
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb and 5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
probably decoration on wood visor
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 12.2 centimeters
Comment:
Remarks: Exhibited: Centennial Caravan of U.C.B. 9/10/68 thru 11/30/68.
Loans:
S1968-1969 #20: University of California, Berkeley (September 10, 1968–November 15, 1968)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 8 titled Visor ornament, accession number 2-6061, described as Hunting visor or helmet ornament. Carved ivory head of walrus, single perforation at base of head, elongated tusks.Hearst Museum object 2 of 8 titled Visor ornament, accession number 2-6061, described as Hunting visor or helmet ornament. Carved ivory head of walrus, single perforation at base of head, elongated tusks.Hearst Museum object 3 of 8 titled Visor ornament, accession number 2-6061, described as Hunting visor or helmet ornament. Carved ivory head of walrus, single perforation at base of head, elongated tusks.Hearst Museum object 4 of 8 titled Visor ornament, accession number 2-6061, described as Hunting visor or helmet ornament. Carved ivory head of walrus, single perforation at base of head, elongated tusks.Hearst Museum object 5 of 8 titled Visor ornament, accession number 2-6061, described as Hunting visor or helmet ornament. Carved ivory head of walrus, single perforation at base of head, elongated tusks.Hearst Museum object 6 of 8 titled Visor ornament, accession number 2-6061, described as Hunting visor or helmet ornament. Carved ivory head of walrus, single perforation at base of head, elongated tusks.Hearst Museum object 7 of 8 titled Visor ornament, accession number 2-6061, described as Hunting visor or helmet ornament. Carved ivory head of walrus, single perforation at base of head, elongated tusks.Hearst Museum object 8 of 8 titled Visor ornament, accession number 2-6061, described as Hunting visor or helmet ornament. Carved ivory head of walrus, single perforation at base of head, elongated tusks.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Visor ornament, accession number 2-6061, described as Hunting visor or helmet ornament. Carved ivory head of walrus, single perforation at base of head, elongated tusks.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Visor ornament, accession number 2-6061, described as Hunting visor or helmet ornament. Carved ivory head of walrus, single perforation at base of head, elongated tusks.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Visor ornament, accession number 2-6061, described as Hunting visor or helmet ornament. Carved ivory head of walrus, single perforation at base of head, elongated tusks.

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