Pendant

Museum number:
2-45293
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Accession number:
Acc.2747
Description:
Heart-shaped pendant with billiken face in relief. On black commercial cord with tubular ivory bead.
Donor:
Harold J. Murphy
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Harold J. Murphy
Collection date:
1945-1971
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Pendants (jewelry)
Accession date:
1971
Context of use:
Tourist curio.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
height 4 centimeters
Comment:
References: D.J. Ray, Artists of the Tundra and the Sea, pp. 122-124 and fig. 57.
Loans:
S1975-1976 #9: Palo Alto Cultural Center (November 1974–unknown)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Pendant, accession number 2-45293, described as Heart-shaped pendant with billiken face in relief. On black commercial cord with tubular ivory bead.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Pendant, accession number 2-45293, described as Heart-shaped pendant with billiken face in relief. On black commercial cord with tubular ivory bead.

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