Button

Museum number:
2-29710
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Accession number:
Acc.1183
Description:
Made from 2 sea mammal teeth joined together at the butt end.
Donor:
Ralph L. Likins
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Frank S. Likins
Collection date:
1889
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Buttons (fasteners)
Accession date:
1956
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 7 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Button, accession number 2-29710, described as Made from 2 sea mammal teeth joined together at the butt end.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Button, accession number 2-29710, described as Made from 2 sea mammal teeth joined together at the butt end.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Button, accession number 2-29710, described as Made from 2 sea mammal teeth joined together at the butt end.

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