Pendant

Museum number:
2-5903
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
x-993 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Needlecase pendant or charm. Bone pendant carved in form of blunt bird arrow head.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
St. Michael, St. Michael Island, Nome Borough
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; St. Michael
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
1898
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Pendants (jewelry)
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Accession date:
1904
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 3.9 centimeters
Comment:
References: Nelson Pl. XLIV and text p. 104.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Pendant, accession number 2-5903, described as Needlecase pendant or charm. Bone pendant carved in form of blunt bird arrow head.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Pendant, accession number 2-5903, described as Needlecase pendant or charm. Bone pendant carved in form of blunt bird arrow head.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Pendant, accession number 2-5903, described as Needlecase pendant or charm. Bone pendant carved in form of blunt bird arrow head.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Pendant, accession number 2-5903, described as Needlecase pendant or charm. Bone pendant carved in form of blunt bird arrow head.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Pendant, accession number 2-5903, described as Needlecase pendant or charm. Bone pendant carved in form of blunt bird arrow head.

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