Visor ornament

Museum number:
2-1120
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.46
Description:
Hunting helmet or visor ornament; ivory slab with incised concentric circle and 2 excised areas; partial only; probably from side.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Northwest Bering Sea, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Northwest Bering Sea
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Charles L. Hall
Collection date:
ca. 1895
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
August 12, 1902
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
width 8 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 5 titled Visor ornament, accession number 2-1120, described as Hunting helmet or visor ornament; ivory slab with incised concentric circle and 2 excised areas; partial only; probably from side.Hearst Museum object 2 of 5 titled Visor ornament, accession number 2-1120, described as Hunting helmet or visor ornament; ivory slab with incised concentric circle and 2 excised areas; partial only; probably from side.Hearst Museum object 3 of 5 titled Visor ornament, accession number 2-1120, described as Hunting helmet or visor ornament; ivory slab with incised concentric circle and 2 excised areas; partial only; probably from side.Hearst Museum object 4 of 5 titled Visor ornament, accession number 2-1120, described as Hunting helmet or visor ornament; ivory slab with incised concentric circle and 2 excised areas; partial only; probably from side.Hearst Museum object 5 of 5 titled Visor ornament, accession number 2-1120, described as Hunting helmet or visor ornament; ivory slab with incised concentric circle and 2 excised areas; partial only; probably from side.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Visor ornament, accession number 2-1120, described as Hunting helmet or visor ornament; ivory slab with incised concentric circle and 2 excised areas; partial only; probably from side.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Visor ornament, accession number 2-1120, described as Hunting helmet or visor ornament; ivory slab with incised concentric circle and 2 excised areas; partial only; probably from side.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Visor ornament, accession number 2-1120, described as Hunting helmet or visor ornament; ivory slab with incised concentric circle and 2 excised areas; partial only; probably from side.

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