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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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