Bracelet

Museum number:
2-71348
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020071348
Accession number:
Acc.4177
Description:
Walrus ivory links with alternating seals and whales, fox, polar bear and walrus (head broken) in full relief; separated by rectangles of brown stained ivory; strung on by two worn elastic strings.
Donor:
Bertha Hammond
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Bertha Hammond
Collection date:
unknown
Taxon:
Odobenus rosmarus
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bracelets (jewelry)
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
1.2 inches, 1.2 centimeters, width 0.9 centimeters, and width 1.7 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bracelet, accession number 2-71348, described as Walrus ivory links with alternating seals and whales, fox, polar bear and walrus (head broken) in full relief; separated by rectangles of brown stained ivory; strung on by two worn elastic strings.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bracelet, accession number 2-71348, described as Walrus ivory links with alternating seals and whales, fox, polar bear and walrus (head broken) in full relief; separated by rectangles of brown stained ivory; strung on by two worn elastic strings.

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