lip-plug

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Object Type
Museum number: Am.6830
Description: Lip-plug, flat, of oval shape, the surfaces with concave depressions, and the rim with slight indentation to accomadate the lip, slightly thicker at either end. The top surface is inlaid with an oval piece of California haliotis/abalone shell, the shell inlay pierced at the top twice for suspension, as though it might have originally come from a California necklace. To one side is attached a printed paper label '22'.
Production ethnic group: Made by: Northwest Coast Peoples; Made by: Haida
Production date: 1780-1865
Findspot: Found/Acquired: North America
Materials: alder wood (?); maple wood (?); haliotis shell
Technique: carved; inlaid
Dimensions: Height: 1.90 centimetres; Length: 8.30 centimetres; Width: 3.70 centimetres
Curator's comments: Comrie collection '22' collected on HMS Sparrowhawk. New description by JCK 11/9/96.; Object was one of 12 Northwest Coast objects that featured in a 1976 episode of Pebble Mill on One.
Bibliographic references
Location: Not on display
Exhibition history: Exhibited: 1993-95, London, Museum of Mankind, 'Treasures of the Americas'
Condition: Good.
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1870
Department: Africa, Oceania and the Americas
Registration number: Am.6830
Additional IDs: CDMS number: Am1870C1.6830 (old CDMS no.); Miscellaneous number: Am1870C0803.19
Conservation

Free entry