Needle case

Museum number:
2-1633
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Accession number:
Acc.46
Description:
Birdbone, with incised and darkened encircling bands and circles with dots. 1 wood stopper in shape of fishtail (other stopper missing). Made of legbone of large waterfowl, wood.
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 10.4 centimeters
Loans:
S1964-1965 #9: University of California, Davis (September 3, 1964–January 1965)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Needle case, accession number 2-1633, described as Birdbone, with incised and darkened encircling bands and circles with dots. 1 wood stopper in shape of fishtail (other stopper missing). Made of legbone of large waterfowl, wood.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Needle case, accession number 2-1633, described as Birdbone, with incised and darkened encircling bands and circles with dots. 1 wood stopper in shape of fishtail (other stopper missing). Made of legbone of large waterfowl, wood.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Needle case, accession number 2-1633, described as Birdbone, with incised and darkened encircling bands and circles with dots. 1 wood stopper in shape of fishtail (other stopper missing). Made of legbone of large waterfowl, wood.

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