Labret/Lip plug (Image withheld)

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Date created: probably 2500 BC–AD 1800

Culture/People: probably Aleutian Tradition (archaeological culture) (attributed)
Collector: Harold Heath, Non-Indian, 1868-1951
Donor: Harold Heath, Non-Indian, 1868-1951

Collection History: Collected by Harold Heath (1868-1951, a Stanford University zoology professor), probably during investigations of fur seals on the Pribilof Islands in 1910 and 1917; donated to MAI by Harold Heath in 1942.
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Place: Cave; Wislow Island; Aleut Native Corporation; Alaska; USA
Archipelago: Aleutian Islands
Island Name: Wislow Island
Island Grouping: Fox Islands

See related items: Aleutian Tradition (archaeological culture); Adornment/Jewelry

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 20/5712
Barcode: 205712.000

Object Type: Adornment/Jewelry

Object Name: Labret/Lip plug (Image withheld)
Media/Materials: Stone
Techniques: Ground

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6a4b5402e-e4e5-475f-a642-688d3f206670

Record ID: NMAI_219768