Carved Ivory Belt-Button
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1879
name: label: Collector
content: Edward W. Nelson
label: Donor Name
content: Edward W. Nelson
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "ILLUS. IN BAE 18TH AR, PT. 1; PL. XXVII-26; P. 72."
label: Notes
content: Photo and description in Fienup-Riordan, Ann. 2007. Yuungnaqpiallerput, The Way We Genuinely Live: Masterworks of Yup'ik Science and Survival. Seattle: University Of Washington Press, p. 70. Nagtuqaq Ivory Belt Fastener. Frank Andrew [from Kwigillingok] observed: "They made ivory into belt hooks and bag fasteners, story knives, dolls, earrings, labrets, and other things used for beautification."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 1 Feb 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Agiukchugumut (Agiukchuk), Yukon & Kuskokwim Delta, Alaska, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: 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: 008133
label: USNM Number
content: E37332-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Belt Fastener