Needle case

Museum number:
2-2962a-c
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21022962a@2dc
Alternate number:
39 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.26
Description:
a) Ivory needle case with 6 inset blue glass beads. b) Ivory thimble holder. c) Ivory whale (?) carving. b) and c) are attached to rawhide cord which goes through a).
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Mackenzie River, Northwest Territories, Canada
Verbatim coll. place:
Canada; Northwestern Territories; Mackenzie River
Culture or time period:
Mackenzie Eskimo
Collector:
H. H. Cushing
Collection date:
1901
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Needle cases
Accession date:
December 16, 1902
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
a)— 9.4 centimeters
Comment:
Remarks: cf. Nelson Pl. XLIV#25 and text p. 104.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Needle case, accession number 2-2962a-c, described as a) Ivory needle case with 6 inset blue glass beads. b) Ivory thimble holder. c) Ivory whale (?) carving. b) and c) are attached to rawhide cord which goes through a).Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Needle case, accession number 2-2962a-c, described as a) Ivory needle case with 6 inset blue glass beads. b) Ivory thimble holder. c) Ivory whale (?) carving. b) and c) are attached to rawhide cord which goes through a).Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Needle case, accession number 2-2962a-c, described as a) Ivory needle case with 6 inset blue glass beads. b) Ivory thimble holder. c) Ivory whale (?) carving. b) and c) are attached to rawhide cord which goes through a).Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Needle case, accession number 2-2962a-c, described as a) Ivory needle case with 6 inset blue glass beads. b) Ivory thimble holder. c) Ivory whale (?) carving. b) and c) are attached to rawhide cord which goes through a).

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