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Object Number
87-15-10/45757
Display Title
Stone ring worn about the neck by an Aleut woman
Descriptions
Object Description
Stone ring worn around the neck. This waterworn stone has suggestively whale-like contours. A natural perforation provides the means for suspension . . . the ring at some later date was converted into a pendant, using a shoe lace fastened at one end with a twined loop.
Inventory Description
Carved stone pendant with to cloth tie
Classification
- Raw Material
- Necklace
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Unangan?
- Tlingit?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Alaska
/
Hoonah–Angoon Census Area
/
Chichagof Island
/
Hoonah
Additional Geographic Terms
Cross Sound
Materials
Stone, Cotton
Dimensions
Overall: 4.9 x 3.1 x 2.3 cm (1 15/16 x 1 1/4 x 7/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
87-15-10/45757
Provenance
Collector
Alice C. Fletcher
(11/16/1886)
Donor
Alice C. Fletcher
(01/01/1887)
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