Buttons

Museum number:
2-9390a-c
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
P. 20 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.371
Description:
Polygonal ivory buttons engraved with dots and geometrical patterns.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Cape Prince of Wales, Coast of Bering Strait, Bering Strait
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Bering Strait; Cape Prince of Wales
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
H. H. Cushing and Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection date:
ca. 1901
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Buttons (fasteners)
Accession date:
May 1909
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
(b)— length 3.4 centimeters, (a)— length 3.2 centimeters, and (c)— length 2.6 centimeters
Loans:
S1964-1965 #9: University of California, Davis (September 3, 1964–January 1965)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Buttons, accession number 2-9390a-c, described as Polygonal ivory buttons engraved with dots and geometrical patterns.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Buttons, accession number 2-9390a-c, described as Polygonal ivory buttons engraved with dots and geometrical patterns.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Buttons, accession number 2-9390a-c, described as Polygonal ivory buttons engraved with dots and geometrical patterns.

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