Cigarette holder

Museum number:
2-68103
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.3989
Description:
Made of bone; totem pole design engraved on it highlighted in black and red pigmentation.
Donor:
Barbara E. Busch
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo and Northern Athapaskan tribes
Collector:
Barbara E. Busch
Collection date:
1984
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Cigarette holders (personal equipment) and Totem poles
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 15.5 centimeters
Comment:
Similar item with totem pole design illustrated in catalogue of The Nugget Shop, Juneau (n.d., acc. 3556), p. 13 and described as "walrus ivory totem carved cigarette holder."
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cigarette holder, accession number 2-68103, described as Made of bone; totem pole design engraved on it highlighted in black and red pigmentation.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cigarette holder, accession number 2-68103, described as Made of bone; totem pole design engraved on it highlighted in black and red pigmentation.

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