RRN - Items - The NMNH: A556405-0 - Vessel

Vessel Item Number: A556405-0 from the National Museum of Natural History

Notes

Roughly oval, with raised, oval-shaped portion in center. According to Dr. Henry B. Collins: "labret-shaped with the appearance of a Norse repair patch for a steatite vessel." Probably Dorset paleoeskimo. Found in collection.

Item History

Made in Labrador, Canada
Collected by Mr. Willie Knutsen in Labrador, Canada
Received on June 1, 1949

What

Name: Vessel
Identification Number: A556405-0
Type of Item: vessel

Who

Culture: Eskimo and Canadian
Field Collector: Mr. Willie Knutsen

Where

Holding Institution: National Museum of Natural History
Made in: Labrador, Canada
Collected in: Labrador, Canada

When

Acquisition Date: on June 1, 1949

Other

Accession Number: 183098