Labret

Museum number:
2-7162
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Labret, made of black lignite.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
1898
Materials:
Lignite
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Labrets (jewelry worn on the head)
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
Probably used by a man in the process of enlarging labret holes.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 1.6 centimeters
Comment:
Context of use: cf. Nelson p. 48 and Pl. XXII#22.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Labret, accession number 2-7162, described as Labret, made of black lignite.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Labret, accession number 2-7162, described as Labret, made of black lignite.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Labret, accession number 2-7162, described as Labret, made of black lignite.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Labret, accession number 2-7162, described as Labret, made of black lignite.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Labret, accession number 2-7162, described as Labret, made of black lignite.

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