Object Details
- Collection History
- Collected in 1917 by Dr. John Harley Stamp (1874-1931, a Philadelphia physician and amateur anthropologist); purchased by MAI from Harley Stamp in 1918 using funds donated by MAI trustee James B. Ford (1844-1928).
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Iñupiaq
- Collector
- Dr. Harley Stamp (John Harley Stamp), Non-Indian, 1874-1931
- Previous owner
- Dr. Harley Stamp (John Harley Stamp), Non-Indian, 1874-1931
- Seller
- Dr. Harley Stamp (John Harley Stamp), Non-Indian, 1874-1931
- Presenter/funding source
- James Bishop Ford (James B. Ford), Non-Indian, 1844-1928
- Object Name
- Labret/Lip plug
- Media/Materials
- Ivory
- Techniques
- Carved
- Object Type
- Adornment/Jewelry
