Labret

Museum number:
2-6740
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Alternate number:
x-2933 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Large labret of white stone (marble?) set with blue glass bead.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
1898
Materials:
Glass (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Labrets (jewelry worn on the head)
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
man's adornment
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
diameter 3.8 centimeters
Loans:
S1983-1984 #4: City of Palo Alto (August 22, 1983–January 11, 1984)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Labret, accession number 2-6740, described as Large labret of white stone (marble?) set with blue glass bead.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Labret, accession number 2-6740, described as Large labret of white stone (marble?) set with blue glass bead.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Labret, accession number 2-6740, described as Large labret of white stone (marble?) set with blue glass bead.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Labret, accession number 2-6740, described as Large labret of white stone (marble?) set with blue glass bead.

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