Charm

Museum number:
2-45381
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020045381
Accession number:
Acc.2747
Description:
Petrified tooth with thong through hole at pointed end. Probably whale tooth, buckskin thong.
Donor:
Harold J. Murphy
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Harold J. Murphy
Collection date:
1945-1971
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Charms
Accession date:
1971
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 3.5 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Charm, accession number 2-45381, described as Petrified tooth with thong through hole at pointed end. Probably whale tooth, buckskin thong.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Charm, accession number 2-45381, described as Petrified tooth with thong through hole at pointed end. Probably whale tooth, buckskin thong.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Charm, accession number 2-45381, described as Petrified tooth with thong through hole at pointed end. Probably whale tooth, buckskin thong.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Charm, accession number 2-45381, described as Petrified tooth with thong through hole at pointed end. Probably whale tooth, buckskin thong.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Charm, accession number 2-45381, described as Petrified tooth with thong through hole at pointed end. Probably whale tooth, buckskin thong.

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