Buckle

Museum number:
2-65810a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210265810a@2cb
Accession number:
Acc.3680
Description:
Carved walrus ivory with metal fittings. Decorated with incised circle and dot motif outlined in black pigment. A fits into B to form buckle.
Donor:
Barbara E. Busch
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Barbara E. Busch
Collection date:
unknown
Taxon:
Odobenus rosmarus
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 5.5 centimeters, width 3.5 centimeters, width 3.5 centimeters, and length 6 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Buckle, accession number 2-65810a,b, described as Carved walrus ivory with metal fittings. Decorated with incised circle and dot motif outlined in black pigment. A fits into B to form buckle.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Buckle, accession number 2-65810a,b, described as Carved walrus ivory with metal fittings. Decorated with incised circle and dot motif outlined in black pigment. A fits into B to form buckle.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Buckle, accession number 2-65810a,b, described as Carved walrus ivory with metal fittings. Decorated with incised circle and dot motif outlined in black pigment. A fits into B to form buckle.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Buckle, accession number 2-65810a,b, described as Carved walrus ivory with metal fittings. Decorated with incised circle and dot motif outlined in black pigment. A fits into B to form buckle.

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