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Object Number
88-51-10/50501
Display Title
Wooden labret
Descriptions
Object Description
Wooden labret
Inventory Description
labret, caved wood, oval cylindrical, all surfaces concave
Classification
- Labret
Department
Ethnographic
Date
19th century
Culture
- Tlingit
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Alaska
Materials
Wood
Dimensions
Overall: 2.8 x 4.7 x 2 cm (1 1/8 x 1 7/8 x 13/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
50501 & [67893]\Alaska\McLean
Provenance
Collector
J. J. McLean
(?)
Donor
Smithsonian Institution
(1888)
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