Culture/People:

Iñupiaq [Nuwukmiut/Point Barrow]  Search this

Possible owner:

Thea Heye (Thea Kowne/Mrs. Dorothea Page/Mrs. George Gustav Heye), Non-Indian, 1888-1935  Search this

Presenter/funding source:

Thea Heye (Thea Kowne/Mrs. Dorothea Page/Mrs. George Gustav Heye), Non-Indian, 1888-1935  Search this

Object Name:

Labret/Lip plug

Media/Materials:

Ivory

Techniques:

Carved

Object Type:

Adornment/Jewelry

Place:

Point Barrow; Arctic Slope Native Corporation; Alaska; USA

Collection History:

Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Thea (Mrs. George) Heye and donated to MAI by her or purchased by MAI from an unknown source with funds donated by her in 1921.

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Catalog Number:

10/8276

Barcode:

108276.000

See related items:

Iñupiaq [Nuwukmiut/Point Barrow]

Adornment/Jewelry

Data Source:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws63247c19a-28a1-4a8d-881c-f1f5920d88ba

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:NMAI_116846