Suspenders
date: label: Accession Date
content: 15 May 1991
label: Collection Date
content: 1927 to 1928
name: label: Collector
content: Paul Oscanyan
label: Collector
content: Mrs. Astrid F. Oscanyan
label: Donor Name
content: Paul Oscanyan
notes: label: Notes
content: MADE OF THIN STRAPS OF SEALSKIN WITH BONE AND DOG TEETH BEADS AT INTERVALS FOR USE AS HOOKS. SUSPENDERS WERE ADJUSTABLE FOR CHILD OR ADULT AND ONE PAIR OF SUSPENDERS WAS USED FROM CHILDHOOD THROUGH ADULTHOOD. 2 STRAPS ARE JOINED AT ONE END BY CARVED IVORY JOINT, SHAPED LIKE A PLUG W/ TWO HOLES IN EITHER SIDE. ONE END, FINAL FEW CENTIMETERS OF STRAP AND LAST BONE & IVORY PIECES ARE MISSING. ONE IVORY PIECE IS LOOSE.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 27 Feb 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: West Coast Of Greenland, West Greenland, Greenland
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Eskimo, Inuit, West Greenland Inuit / Kalaallit
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 356736
label: USNM Number
content: E424735-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Suspenders