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Start Over Collection place Nome Borough, Alaska Collector H. H. Cushing Collector Phoebe Apperson Hearst Culture or time period North American cultures

1. Buttons

Museum number:
2-9389a-e
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Object class:
Buttons (fasteners)
Dimensions:
width 1.8 centimeters
Collector:
H. H. Cushing and Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Cape Prince of Wales, Coast of Bering Strait, Bering Strait
Collection date:
ca. 1901

2. Buttons

Museum number:
2-9390a-c
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Object class:
Buttons (fasteners)
Dimensions:
(c)— length 2.6 centimeters, (a)— length 3.2 centimeters, and (b)— length 3.4 centimeters
Collector:
H. H. Cushing and Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Cape Prince of Wales, Coast of Bering Strait, Bering Strait
Collection date:
ca. 1901

3. Comb

Museum number:
2-9393
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Object class:
Combs (grooming tools)
Function:
1.8 Toilet Articles
Dimensions:
length 5.2 centimeters
Collector:
H. H. Cushing and Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Cape Prince of Wales, Coast of Bering Strait, Bering Strait
Collection date:
ca. 1901
Taxon:
Odobenus rosmarus

4. Earrings

Museum number:
2-9388a,b
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Object class:
Earrings (jewelry)
Dimensions:
2.2 centimeters
Collector:
H. H. Cushing and Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Cape Prince of Wales, Coast of Bering Strait, Bering Strait
Collection date:
1901

5. Mortar and pestle

Museum number:
2-9400a,b
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Object class:
Ground stone, Mortars (grinding tools), and Pestles
Dimensions:
a)— width 9.5 centimeters and b)— length 19.8 centimeters
Collector:
H. H. Cushing and Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Cape Prince of Wales, Coast of Bering Strait, Bering Strait
Collection date:
1901

6. Thimble

Museum number:
2-9399
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Object class:
Thimbles
Dimensions:
width 3.8 centimeters
Collector:
H. H. Cushing and Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Cape Prince of Wales, Coast of Bering Strait, Bering Strait
Collection date:
1901