Labret
- Museum number:
- 2-7163
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21020007163
- Accession number:
- Acc.167
- Object count:
- 1
- Description:
- Labret/plug. Nail-shaped antler pierced near base.
- Donor:
- Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
- Collection place:
- Alaska
- Verbatim coll. place:
- Alaska
- Culture or time period:
- Alaskan Eskimo
- Collector:
- unknown
- Collection date:
- 1898
- Object type:
- ethnography
- Object class:
- Labrets (jewelry worn on the head)
- Function:
- 2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
- Accession date:
- 1904
- Context of use:
- Part of a series used by Eskimo men to complete the process of enlarging the labret holes.
- Department:
- Native US and Canada (except California)
- Dimensions:
- length 2.2 centimeters
- Legacy documentation:
-