Needle case

Museum number:
2-1617
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Accession number:
Acc.46
Description:
Made of bone, incised and darkened Xs and encircling bands. 1 wood stopper, other missing. These needle cases are made of sections of the wing bone of a swan or goose, closed at both ends, the surface generally being engraved.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Northwest Bering Sea, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Northwest Bering Sea
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Charles L. Hall
Collection date:
ca. 1895
Taxon:
Anatidae
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Needle cases
Accession date:
August 12, 1902
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 9.3 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Needle case, accession number 2-1617, described as Made of bone, incised and darkened Xs and encircling bands. 1 wood stopper, other missing. These needle cases are made of sections of the wing bone of a swan or goose, closed at both ends, the surface generally being engraved.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Needle case, accession number 2-1617, described as Made of bone, incised and darkened Xs and encircling bands. 1 wood stopper, other missing. These needle cases are made of sections of the wing bone of a swan or goose, closed at both ends, the surface generally being engraved.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Needle case, accession number 2-1617, described as Made of bone, incised and darkened Xs and encircling bands. 1 wood stopper, other missing. These needle cases are made of sections of the wing bone of a swan or goose, closed at both ends, the surface generally being engraved.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Needle case, accession number 2-1617, described as Made of bone, incised and darkened Xs and encircling bands. 1 wood stopper, other missing. These needle cases are made of sections of the wing bone of a swan or goose, closed at both ends, the surface generally being engraved.

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