Necklace

Jewelry

Purdue University Galleries

Name/Title

Necklace

Entry/Object ID

1993.23.07

Description

Walrus ivory and baleen necklace with two teams of carved ivory sled dogs and musher facing each other separated by a square piece of baleen strung on a double rubber elastic band; each end of the necklace terminates in 10 ivory beads and a round brass clasp; proper left clasp appears to be broken; hot print box with lid has cotton padding but is not accessioned, inside lid is stamped “Byck’s, Kentucky’s Great Name In Fashion, Downtown, St. Matthews, Oxmoor, Bashford Manor.”

Collection

Permanent

Acquisition

Accession

1993.23

Source or Donor

Thelma Moyars

Notes

Sister of Ila Scott

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

Necklace

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Jewelry

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Body Adornments

Nomenclature Class

Adornment

Nomenclature Category

Category 03: Personal Objects

Dimensions

Width

5/16 in

Depth

1/2 in

Diameter

7-1/2 in

Material

Ivory, Baleen, Brass

Color

White, Black

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.