Needle case

Museum number:
2-1627
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Accession number:
Acc.46
Description:
Polished birdbone with grooves, incised and darkened encircling bands. Wood stoppers in shape of fish head and tail.
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
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 13.3 centimeters
Loans:
S1962-1963 #61: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/Vincent Evans (June 24, 1963–June 24, 1963)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Needle case, accession number 2-1627, described as Polished birdbone with grooves, incised and darkened encircling bands. Wood stoppers in shape of fish head and tail.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Needle case, accession number 2-1627, described as Polished birdbone with grooves, incised and darkened encircling bands. Wood stoppers in shape of fish head and tail.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Needle case, accession number 2-1627, described as Polished birdbone with grooves, incised and darkened encircling bands. Wood stoppers in shape of fish head and tail.

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