Needle case

Museum number:
2-7065
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020007065
Alternate number:
75-A (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.128
Description:
Made of ivory. Inset wood plug at one end, carved wood fish head at other end. Rawhide thong attached to hole in base.
Donor:
Harry Marcus Weston Edmonds
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Harry Marcus Weston Edmonds
Collection date:
1889-1904
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Needle cases
Accession date:
1904
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 7.3 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Needle case, accession number 2-7065, described as Made of ivory. Inset wood plug at one end, carved wood fish head at other end. Rawhide thong attached to hole in base.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Needle case, accession number 2-7065, described as Made of ivory. Inset wood plug at one end, carved wood fish head at other end. Rawhide thong attached to hole in base.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Needle case, accession number 2-7065, described as Made of ivory. Inset wood plug at one end, carved wood fish head at other end. Rawhide thong attached to hole in base.

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