Currently not on view
Lunás (nose ring),
before 1882
probably Lingít
PU 5113
Information
Title
Lunás (nose ring)
Dates
before 1882
Medium
Abalone
Dimensions
h. 0.2 × diam. 2.1 cm (1/16 × 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Department of Geosciences, Princeton University
Object Number
PU 5113
Place Collected
North America, United States, Alaska
Marks/Labels/Seals
Written on object [Elizabeth Marsh Museum number]: 146/82
Culture
Type
Materials
Subject
Collected by Rev. Dr. Sheldon Jackson, in or after 1877; Given to Princeton Theological Seminary, 1879-1882; Given to E. M. Museum (Princeton Museum of Natural History), 1882
- Gillett G. Griffin. Art of the Northwest Coast (Princeton University Art Museum, 1969)., cat. no. 96, p. 43
- Patricia Garrett, ed. The Guardians: The Native American Artists (Summit, NJ: Summit Art Center, 1980)., cat. no. 55, p. 8 [as PU–J 3468]
- Helen H. Marr, Voices of the Ancestors: Music in the Life of the Northwest Coast Indians (Greenwich, CT: Bruce Museum, 1986)., p. 21
- Harmer Johnson, ed. Guide to the Arts of the Americas (New York: Rizzoli, 1992), p. 207 (illus.)
