Needle case

Museum number:
2-1490
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020001490
Accession number:
Acc.46
Description:
With pendant small carvings including miniature ivory skin scraper, ivory thimble holder, 2 animals and 1 animal head. Ornaments attached to rawhide cord which goes through center of case. Ivory case has circle and dot design.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Northwest Bering Sea, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Northwest Bering Sea
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Charles L. Hall
Collection date:
ca. 1895
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Miniature (size attribute) and Needle cases
Accession date:
August 12, 1902
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
10 centimeters
Comment:
Remarks: cf. Nelson Pl. XLIV#25 and text p. 104.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Needle case, accession number 2-1490, described as With pendant small carvings including miniature ivory skin scraper, ivory thimble holder, 2 animals and 1 animal head. Ornaments attached to rawhide cord which goes through center of case. Ivory case has circle and dot design.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Needle case, accession number 2-1490, described as With pendant small carvings including miniature ivory skin scraper, ivory thimble holder, 2 animals and 1 animal head. Ornaments attached to rawhide cord which goes through center of case. Ivory case has circle and dot design.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Needle case, accession number 2-1490, described as With pendant small carvings including miniature ivory skin scraper, ivory thimble holder, 2 animals and 1 animal head. Ornaments attached to rawhide cord which goes through center of case. Ivory case has circle and dot design.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Needle case, accession number 2-1490, described as With pendant small carvings including miniature ivory skin scraper, ivory thimble holder, 2 animals and 1 animal head. Ornaments attached to rawhide cord which goes through center of case. Ivory case has circle and dot design.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Needle case, accession number 2-1490, described as With pendant small carvings including miniature ivory skin scraper, ivory thimble holder, 2 animals and 1 animal head. Ornaments attached to rawhide cord which goes through center of case. Ivory case has circle and dot design.

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