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Object Number 67-10-10/277
Display Title Lip ornament or labret.
Descriptions
Object Description Lip ornament or labret.
Inventory Description Ornament, curved, shallow, carved wood
Classification
  • Ornament
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1794
Culture
  • Haida?
  • Tlingit?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
Additional Geographic Terms Northwest Coast
Materials Wood, Paper
Dimensions Overall: 8.2 x 4.8 x 2 cm (3 1/4 x 1 7/8 x 13/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Credit Line Gift of the Massachusetts Historical Society, 1867
Provenance
Collector Capt. James Magee (1790-1793 - 1794)
Donor Massachusetts Historical Society (1867)

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