Bracelet

Jewelry

Purdue University Galleries

Name/Title

Bracelet

Entry/Object ID

1993.23.04

Description

Walrus ivory with 2 rubber elastic threads running between each section to give it stretch over hand; every other section is a carved animal alternating seal, polar bear, walrus with each separated by a rectangular ivory piece

Collection

Permanent

Acquisition

Accession

1993.23

Source or Donor

Thelma Moyars

Notes

Sister of Ila Scott

Mark, Engraving or Stamp

Type

Makers Mark

Location

Underside of one polar bear

Transcription

Illegible

Ethnography

Cultural Region

State/Province

Alaska

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

Culture/Tribe

Aleut, Native American, Eskimo, Yupik

First Nation

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Bracelet

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Jewelry

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Body Adornments

Nomenclature Class

Adornment

Nomenclature Category

Category 03: Personal Objects

Dimensions

Depth

1-1/4 in

Diameter

3-1/4 in

Material

Ivory

Color

White, Brown

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Ila F. Scott

Notes

Sister to Thelma Moyars

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.