Labret

Museum number:
2-19271
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.854
Description:
Labret made of caribou bone.
Donor:
Ellinor C. Davidson and George Davidson
Collection place:
Point Barrow, North Slope Borough, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Point Barrow
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
unknown
Taxon:
Rangifer tarandus caribou
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Labrets (jewelry worn on the head)
Accession date:
1945
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
width 5 centimeters
Comment:
Remarks: cf. Murdoch fig. 96.
Loans:
S1964-1965 #9: University of California, Davis (September 3, 1964–January 1965)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Labret, accession number 2-19271, described as Labret made of caribou bone.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Labret, accession number 2-19271, described as Labret made of caribou bone.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Labret, accession number 2-19271, described as Labret made of caribou bone.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Labret, accession number 2-19271, described as Labret made of caribou bone.

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