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Object Number 13-52-10/88552
Display Title Labrets
Descriptions
Inventory Description Labrets, carved bone, one possibly ivory, highly worn
Classification
  • Labret
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Qayaigsigvigmiut
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska
Additional Geographic Terms Cape Smyth, Point Barrow, vicinity of
Materials Bone, Ivory
Dimensions Overall: 1.6 x 4.2 x 2.5 cm (5/8 x 1 5/8 x 1 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 88552
Provenance
Collector Prof. Vilhjalmur Stefansson (1911-1912)
Donor Prof. Vilhjalmur Stefansson (1913)
Donor John B. Stetson, Jr. (1913)

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