Visor ornaments

Museum number:
2-6850a-c
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21026850a@2dc
Alternate number:
x-3043 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Hunting helmet or visor ornaments; long, thin strips of walrus ivory; a) and c): longitudinal red incised lines, bird-like eye. b) 2 eye-like designs, longitudinal red incised lines.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Aleut and Kodiak Eskimo
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
1898
Taxon:
Odobenus rosmarus
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
Hunting helmet or visor ornaments.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
29 centimeters, 29 centimeters, and 21.5 centimeters
Loans:
S1964-1965 #9: University of California, Davis (September 3, 1964–January 1965)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 6 titled Visor ornaments, accession number 2-6850a-c, described as Hunting helmet or visor ornaments; long, thin strips of walrus ivory; a) and c): longitudinal red incised lines, bird-like eye. b) 2 eye-like designs, longitudinal red incised lines.Hearst Museum object 2 of 6 titled Visor ornaments, accession number 2-6850a-c, described as Hunting helmet or visor ornaments; long, thin strips of walrus ivory; a) and c): longitudinal red incised lines, bird-like eye. b) 2 eye-like designs, longitudinal red incised lines.Hearst Museum object 3 of 6 titled Visor ornaments, accession number 2-6850a-c, described as Hunting helmet or visor ornaments; long, thin strips of walrus ivory; a) and c): longitudinal red incised lines, bird-like eye. b) 2 eye-like designs, longitudinal red incised lines.Hearst Museum object 4 of 6 titled Visor ornaments, accession number 2-6850a-c, described as Hunting helmet or visor ornaments; long, thin strips of walrus ivory; a) and c): longitudinal red incised lines, bird-like eye. b) 2 eye-like designs, longitudinal red incised lines.Hearst Museum object 5 of 6 titled Visor ornaments, accession number 2-6850a-c, described as Hunting helmet or visor ornaments; long, thin strips of walrus ivory; a) and c): longitudinal red incised lines, bird-like eye. b) 2 eye-like designs, longitudinal red incised lines.Hearst Museum object 6 of 6 titled Visor ornaments, accession number 2-6850a-c, described as Hunting helmet or visor ornaments; long, thin strips of walrus ivory; a) and c): longitudinal red incised lines, bird-like eye. b) 2 eye-like designs, longitudinal red incised lines.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Visor ornaments, accession number 2-6850a-c, described as Hunting helmet or visor ornaments; long, thin strips of walrus ivory; a) and c): longitudinal red incised lines, bird-like eye. b) 2 eye-like designs, longitudinal red incised lines.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Visor ornaments, accession number 2-6850a-c, described as Hunting helmet or visor ornaments; long, thin strips of walrus ivory; a) and c): longitudinal red incised lines, bird-like eye. b) 2 eye-like designs, longitudinal red incised lines.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Visor ornaments, accession number 2-6850a-c, described as Hunting helmet or visor ornaments; long, thin strips of walrus ivory; a) and c): longitudinal red incised lines, bird-like eye. b) 2 eye-like designs, longitudinal red incised lines.

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