Needle case

Museum number:
2-4160
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020004160
Alternate number:
x-306 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Made of ivory. Two walrus heads carved at one end (tusks missing from one head), inset wood plug at opposite end.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
St. Michael, St. Michael Island, Nome Borough
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; St. Michael
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
1898
Materials:
Baleen and Wood (plant material)
Taxon:
Odobenus rosmarus
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Needle cases
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
same as 2-4152
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 11.1 centimeters
Loans:
S1967-1968 #25 [formerly I-54-B]: University of California, Riverside/John F. Goins (July 1, 1954–present)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Needle case, accession number 2-4160, described as Made of ivory. Two walrus heads carved at one end (tusks missing from one head), inset wood plug at opposite end.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Needle case, accession number 2-4160, described as Made of ivory. Two walrus heads carved at one end (tusks missing from one head), inset wood plug at opposite end.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Needle case, accession number 2-4160, described as Made of ivory. Two walrus heads carved at one end (tusks missing from one head), inset wood plug at opposite end.

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