Labret/Lip plug
date: label: Date created
content: 1800-1900
name: label: Culture/People
content: probably Iñupiaq (attributed)
label: Previous owner
content: Ron Esquerra, Chemehuevi
label: IACB source
content: Ron Esquerra, Chemehuevi
label: Previous owner
content: Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Department of the Interior (IACB), 1935-
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Ron Esquerra (Chemehuevi), Executive Assistant to the Commissioner of the Bureau of Indian Affairs in the late 1960s and early 1970s; donated to the Indian Arts and Crafts Board by Ron Esquerra in 1977; part of the IACB Headquarters collection (Department of the Interior, Washington, DC) until 2000 when it was transferred to NMAI.
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place: label: Place
content: Alaska; USA (inferred)
setName: label: See related items
content: Iñupiaq
label: See related items
content: Adornment/Jewelry
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 25/6908
label: Barcode
content: 256908.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Adornment/Jewelry
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Labret/Lip plug
label: Media/Materials
content: Animal bone
label: Techniques
content: Carved
label: Dimensions
content: 3 x 3 x 1.9 cm