Labret

Museum number:
2-9384
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
P. 23 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.371
Description:
Labret made of ivory, with blue glass bead, ivory 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:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Labrets (jewelry worn on the head)
Accession date:
May 1909
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 2.6 centimeters
Comment:
Remarks: cf. Nelson Pl. XXII#13.
Loans:
S1967-1968 #25 [formerly I-54-B]: University of California, Riverside/John F. Goins (July 1, 1954–present)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Labret, accession number 2-9384, described as Labret made of ivory, with blue glass bead, ivory peg. Nelson's "hat-shape" type.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Labret, accession number 2-9384, described as Labret made of ivory, with blue glass bead, ivory peg. Nelson's "hat-shape" type.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Labret, accession number 2-9384, described as Labret made of ivory, with blue glass bead, ivory peg. Nelson's "hat-shape" type.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Labret, accession number 2-9384, described as Labret made of ivory, with blue glass bead, ivory peg. Nelson's "hat-shape" type.

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