Needle case

Museum number:
2-1645
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Accession number:
Acc.46
Description:
Made from wingbone of large waterfowl. Reddish incised encircling bands. Wood stopper in shape of fishtail (other stopper missing).
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Lower Yukon to Kuskokwim, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Lower Yukon to Kuskokwim
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Charles L. Hall
Collection date:
ca. 1895
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Needle cases
Accession date:
August 12, 1902
Context of use:
Not snuff tube because of stopper and size.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 12.8 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Needle case, accession number 2-1645, described as Made from wingbone of large waterfowl. Reddish incised encircling bands. Wood stopper in shape of fishtail (other stopper missing).Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Needle case, accession number 2-1645, described as Made from wingbone of large waterfowl. Reddish incised encircling bands. Wood stopper in shape of fishtail (other stopper missing).Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Needle case, accession number 2-1645, described as Made from wingbone of large waterfowl. Reddish incised encircling bands. Wood stopper in shape of fishtail (other stopper missing).

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