Ornament

Museum number:
2-8910
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.46
Description:
Black stone head of an animal; possibly wolf; soapstone.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Charles L. Hall
Collection date:
ca. 1895
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Ornaments (object genre)
Accession date:
August 12, 1902
Context of use:
Used as ornament on some kind of model.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 3.2 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Ornament, accession number 2-8910, described as Black stone head of an animal; possibly wolf; soapstone.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Ornament, accession number 2-8910, described as Black stone head of an animal; possibly wolf; soapstone.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Ornament, accession number 2-8910, described as Black stone head of an animal; possibly wolf; soapstone.

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