Ivory necklace
date: label: Accession Date
content: 12 Jul 2005
label: Collection Date
content: 1955 to 1975
name: label: Donor Name
content: Leonard D. Kepler
notes: label: Notes
content: Ivory necklace with three geese and 13 tubular ivory beads. Strung together on a gold colored metal chain. The geese have black detailing for their eyes and beaks. There are also small black dots around the perimeter of each goose. In the accession file there is a note typed on letter head with the following address: Evelyn's Surprise Gift Shop, Alaska Jewelry and Gifts. Evelyn and Lloyd Hall. BR. 8-6175. 238 Fourth Avenue, Anchorage, Alaska. The note includes descriptions for 2 objects in this accession. The following seems to describe this necklace: "This is an original--the snow geese are Eskimo hand carved from Teller [Inupiaq] of Alaskan walrus ivory. Ivory beads were hand made by an old Eskimo man from Quinhagak [Yup'ik] -- the gold work is all hand made".
label: Record Last Modified
content: 9 Feb 2016
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Anchorage (purchased here), Alaska, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Eskimo, Inupiaq
label: Culture
content: Eskimo, Yup'ik
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2034562
label: USNM Number
content: E431916-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Necklace
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 45.8 cm
label: Width
content: 5 cm