Labret

Museum number:
2-328
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Accession number:
Acc.46
Description:
Ivory with incised circle and dot motif in diagonal lines.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Lower Yukon, Yukon, Yukon-Koyukuk Borough
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Lower Yukon
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Charles L. Hall
Collection date:
ca. 1895
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Labrets (jewelry worn on the head)
Accession date:
August 12, 1902
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 2.7 centimeters
Loans:
S1964-1965 #9: University of California, Davis (September 3, 1964–January 1965) and S1983-1984 #4: City of Palo Alto (August 22, 1983–January 11, 1984)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Labret, accession number 2-328, described as Ivory with incised circle and dot motif in diagonal lines.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Labret, accession number 2-328, described as Ivory with incised circle and dot motif in diagonal lines.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Labret, accession number 2-328, described as Ivory with incised circle and dot motif in diagonal lines.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Labret, accession number 2-328, described as Ivory with incised circle and dot motif in diagonal lines.

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