Hair Ornament

97-84-584

From: Alaska

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 97-84-584
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Eskimo
Provenience Alaska
Culture Area Arctic Culture Area
Section American
Materials Ivory
Description

Hair braid ornament. Ivory, delicately carved. Thin plate with zoomorphic features and resting bird in relief. Four concentric circles and perforated dot and larger hole for attachment.

Length 4.2
Width 1.8
Credit Line Gift of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1997
Other Number L-84-584 - Old Museum Number | 16051 - ANSP Number | I 1514 - Gottschall Number

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