Labret/Lip plug
name: label: Culture/People
content: probably Iñupiaq (attributed)
label: Collector
content: Israel C. Russell, Non-Indian, 1851-1906
label: Previous owner
content: U.S. National Museum (United States National Museum/National Museum of Natural History)
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collected in 1890 or 1891 by geologist Israel C. Russell (1851-1906) during a survey of the Mount St. Elias area (on the Alaska/Yukon border); donated to the US National Museum (later the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History) in 1892; acquired by George Heye through an exchange with the US National Museum in 1908.
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Alaska; USA
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: 2/430
label: Barcode
content: 020430.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Adornment/Jewelry
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Labret/Lip plug
label: Media/Materials
content: Stone
label: Techniques
content: Carved