Needle case

Museum number:
2-1629
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Accession number:
Acc.46
Description:
Birdbone with incised and darkened encircling bands divided into rectangular spaces. Stoppers missing. Made of wingbone of large waterfowl.
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:
May be snuff tube.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 8.3 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Needle case, accession number 2-1629, described as Birdbone with incised and darkened encircling bands divided into rectangular spaces. Stoppers missing. Made of wingbone of large waterfowl.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Needle case, accession number 2-1629, described as Birdbone with incised and darkened encircling bands divided into rectangular spaces. Stoppers missing. Made of wingbone of large waterfowl.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Needle case, accession number 2-1629, described as Birdbone with incised and darkened encircling bands divided into rectangular spaces. Stoppers missing. Made of wingbone of large waterfowl.

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