Ivory Ornaments Necklace?
date: label: Accession Date
content: 9 Jan 1884
name: label: Collector
content: Lucien M. Turner
label: Donor Name
content: Lucien M. Turner
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "Illus.: Hndbk. N. Amer. Ind., Vol. 5, Arctic, fig. 9, pg. 485. Conical ivory pieces with a hole at the end for stringing. L. of each ca. 2.5 cm." Handbook also indicates "They were used as fringed borders and breast bands to decorate the parkas of men and women before trade goods became available. ... Collected by Lucien Turner at Ungava Bay, Que., 1882-1884."
label: Notes
content: Illus. p. 248 in Turner, Lucien M., Scott A. Heyes, and K. M. Helgen. 2014. Mammals of Ungava & Labrador: the 1882-1884 fieldnotes of Lucien M. Turner together with Inuit and Innu knowledge. Identified there: "Ivory ornaments. Walrus-ivory ornaments collected by Turner at Ft. Chimo, probably in 1883. Turner wrote that "[The] carved pieces of walrus ivory [are] cut into pyriform or conical shape ... through which is made a small hole for the insertion of a stout thread of sinew. The pieces are arranged along the edge of the skirt of the garment of either man or woman while strands of them are placed along the back, across the breast and on the front flap of the woman's dress. ... At the present day these objects have been discarded and drops made of pewter are substituted, as is shown on the woman's garment 90237 ...."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 7 Jul 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Ungava Bay, Quebec, Canada, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Eskimo, Inuit
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 013922
label: USNM Number
content: E90234-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Parka Ornament