Charm

Jewelry

Purdue University Galleries

Name/Title

Charm

Entry/Object ID

1993.23.10

Description

Walrus ivory carved “Billiken”; attached to brass chain to make into a necklace; box with lid and cotton padding, sticker on top exterior of lid of ANAC logo, also onion paper with care of ivory stamped on it.

Collection

Permanent

Acquisition

Accession

1993.23

Source or Donor

Thelma Moyars

Notes

Sister of Ila Scott

Ethnography

Culture/Tribe

Native American

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Tertiary Object Term

Pendant, Charm

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Pendant

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Jewelry

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Body Adornments

Nomenclature Class

Adornment

Nomenclature Category

Category 03: Personal Objects

Dimensions

Depth

1/2 in

Length

11 in

Material

Ivory, Gold, Brass

Color

White

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Ila F. Scott

Notes

Sister to Thelma Moyars

Web Links and URLs

Wikimedia

Provenance

Provenance Detail

Source Notes

Role

Information provided by source.

Notes

Collected by Ila F. Scott during her years as a Bureau of Indian Affairs teacher in the American Southwest and Alaska.