Button

Museum number:
2-65801
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.3680
Description:
Carved bone in the form of a walrus with two holes for attaching. Features incised and outlined with black pigment. Wood insets used for eyes.
Donor:
Barbara E. Busch
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Barbara E. Busch
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Buttons (fasteners)
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 3.5 centimeters
Comment:
References: Arctic Art: Eskimo Ivory, Museum of the American Indian, p. 42.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Button, accession number 2-65801, described as Carved bone in the form of a walrus with two holes for attaching. Features incised and outlined with black pigment. Wood insets used for eyes.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Button, accession number 2-65801, described as Carved bone in the form of a walrus with two holes for attaching. Features incised and outlined with black pigment. Wood insets used for eyes.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Button, accession number 2-65801, described as Carved bone in the form of a walrus with two holes for attaching. Features incised and outlined with black pigment. Wood insets used for eyes.

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