Labret

Museum number:
2-317
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Accession number:
Acc.46
Description:
A type of plug. Nail-shapeed piece of ivory. Pierced at tapered end and strung on sinew.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Lower Yukon, Yukon, Yukon-Koyukuk Borough
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Lower Yukon
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Charles L. Hall
Collection date:
ca. 1895
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Labrets (jewelry worn on the head)
Accession date:
August 12, 1902
Context of use:
Part of series used by Eskimo man to complete the process of enlarging the labret holes (2) just below the corner of the mouth. After the hole is completed, the labrets are pierced at small ends, strung on sinew, and kept among his small effects.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 2.3 centimeters
Comment:
References: Cf. Nelson p. 48 and Pl XXII#23 and 25.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Labret, accession number 2-317, described as A type of plug. Nail-shapeed piece of ivory. Pierced at tapered end and strung on sinew.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Labret, accession number 2-317, described as A type of plug. Nail-shapeed piece of ivory. Pierced at tapered end and strung on sinew.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Labret, accession number 2-317, described as A type of plug. Nail-shapeed piece of ivory. Pierced at tapered end and strung on sinew.

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