Male Labret, Beads
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1874
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. William H. Dall
label: Donor Name
content: U.S. Coast Survey
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "ILLUS. IN BAE 18TH AR, PT. 1; PL. XXII-11; P. 62. ILLUS.: HNDBK. N. AMER. IND., VOL. 5, ARCTIC, PG. 217, FIG. 10C. LABRET, IVORY, FASTENED WITH A WOODEN STEM TO AN IVORY CROSSPIECE WITH RED AND WHITE BEADS ATTACHED. LOAN: CROSSROADS SEP 22 1988. ILLUS.: CROSSROADS OF CONTINENTS CATALOGUE; FIG.283, P. 216. LOAN RETURNED: JAN 21 1993."
label: Notes
content: This object is on loan to the Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center, from 2010 through 2027.
label: Notes
content: Source of the information below: Smithsonian Arctic Studies Center Alaska Native Collections: Sharing Knowledge website, by Aron Crowell, entry on this artifact https://alaska.si.edu/record.asp?id=513 , retrieved 10-26-2021; see web page for additional information: Labret, Yup'ik. The old custom of wearing ornaments through piercings in the lower lip was already disappearing by the 1870s when this labret was purchased on Nunivak Island. The curved ivory piece fit inside the mouth against the gum. Labret styles varied from village to village; this one was crafted from red and white trade beads.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 14 Jan 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Nunivak Island, Bering Sea, Alaska, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Eskimo, Yup'ik, Magemiut (Marayarmiut)
label: Culture
content: Eskimo, Yup'ik
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 003195
label: USNM Number
content: E16204-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Labret
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 5.1 cm