Thatching needle

Museum number:
2-17789
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.1942AD
Description:
Long, curved, wooden thatching needle
Donor:
Leslie Spier and Robert Harry Lowie
Collection place:
Puget Sound, Western Washington
Verbatim coll. place:
; Puget Sound
Culture or time period:
Coast Salish
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Accession date:
1942
Context of use:
Thatching needle.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Comment:
Remarks: Came to Dr. Lowie's office from Yale University in package addressed by Leslie Spier.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Thatching needle, accession number 2-17789, described as Long, curved, wooden thatching needleHearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Thatching needle, accession number 2-17789, described as Long, curved, wooden thatching needle
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Thatching needle, accession number 2-17789, described as Long, curved, wooden thatching needleDocumentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Thatching needle, accession number 2-17789, described as Long, curved, wooden thatching needle

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