Napkin ring
- Museum number:
- 2-45286
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21020045286
- Accession number:
- Acc.2747
- Description:
- Made from walrus ivory. Walrus head and flippers in relief. Some incised details filled with red and black material. Baleen eye.
- Donor:
- Harold J. Murphy
- Collection place:
- Nunivak Island, Bethel Census Area, Alaska
- Verbatim coll. place:
- Alaska; Nunivak Island
- Culture or time period:
- Alaskan Eskimo
- Collector:
- Harold J. Murphy
- Collection date:
- 1920-1929
- Taxon:
- Odobenus rosmarus
- Object type:
- ethnography
- Object class:
- Napkin rings
- Production date:
- 1920-1929
- Accession date:
- 1971
- Context of use:
- Tourist novelty.
- Department:
- Native US and Canada (except California)
- Dimensions:
- width 6.1 centimeters
- Loans:
- S1975-1976 #9: Palo Alto Cultural Center (November 1974–unknown)
- Legacy documentation:
-