Necklace

Museum number:

2-5932

Permalink:

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Alternate number:

x-2125 (original number)

Accession number:

Acc.167

Description:

Ivory necklace. Nine walrus and mammoth ivory cylindrical beads, four of which are faceted. Probably archaeological.

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:

Mammoth ivory

Taxon:

Mammuthus and Odobenus rosmarus

Object type:

archaeology

Object class:

Necklaces

Function:

5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions

Accession date:

1904

Context of use:

for sale

Department:

Native US and Canada (except California)

Dimensions:

length 49 centimeters

Loans:

S1957-1960 [XXX Wellington]: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (1957–1960)

Legacy documentation: