Bracelet

Jewelry

Purdue University Galleries

Name/Title

Bracelet

Entry/Object ID

1993.23.03

Description

Walrus ivory and baleen bracelet with 2 rubber elastic threads running between each section to give it stretch over hand; every other section is a carved ivory of a sled team separated by rectangular brown baleen piece.

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, Eskimo, Yupik

Native American, 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

5/16 in

Diameter

3 in

Material

Ivory, Baleen

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.