Labret

Museum number:
2-7066
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
92-A (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.128
Description:
Representing whale's tail. Black and green serpentine, mouthpiece missing. Incised curving grooves. Pendant blue glass beads on cotton string.
Donor:
Harry Marcus Weston Edmonds
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Harry Marcus Weston Edmonds
Collection date:
1889-1904
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Labrets (jewelry worn on the head)
Accession date:
1904
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
width 6.4 centimeters
Comment:
Published: The Eskimo of St. Michael and Vicinity as Related by H.M.W. Edmonds, ed. by D.J. Ray; P. 128A.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Labret, accession number 2-7066, described as Representing whale's tail. Black and green serpentine, mouthpiece missing. Incised curving grooves. Pendant blue glass beads on cotton string.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Labret, accession number 2-7066, described as Representing whale's tail. Black and green serpentine, mouthpiece missing. Incised curving grooves. Pendant blue glass beads on cotton string.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Labret, accession number 2-7066, described as Representing whale's tail. Black and green serpentine, mouthpiece missing. Incised curving grooves. Pendant blue glass beads on cotton string.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Labret, accession number 2-7066, described as Representing whale's tail. Black and green serpentine, mouthpiece missing. Incised curving grooves. Pendant blue glass beads on cotton string.

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