Labret/Lip plug
name: label: Culture/People
content: Iñupiaq
label: Previous owner
content: U.S. National Museum (United States National Museum/National Museum of Natural History)
label: Previous owner
content: George Thornton Emmons (George T. Emmons/G.T. Emmons), Non-Indian, 1852-1945
label: Seller
content: George Thornton Emmons (George T. Emmons/G.T. Emmons), Non-Indian, 1852-1945
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collection history unknown, but said to have been collected in 1879; acquired by Lieutenant George T. Emmons (1852-1945, US Navy 1881-1899) through an exchange with the United States National Museum; lent to MAI by George T. Emmons in 1920; purchased by MAI from George Emmons in 1924.
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Hotham Inlet; NANA Native Corporation; 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: 10/1831
label: Barcode
content: 101831.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Adornment/Jewelry
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Labret/Lip plug
label: Media/Materials
content: Jade
label: Techniques
content: Incised