Needle case ornament

Museum number:
2-1182
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.46
Description:
Oval ivory carving with inset blue glass bead, suspension hole, wood filler on one side.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Lower Yukon, Yukon, Yukon-Koyukuk Borough
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Lower Yukon
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 2.9 centimeters
Comment:
Remarks: cf. Nelson Pl. XLIV#25.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Needle case ornament, accession number 2-1182, described as Oval ivory carving with inset blue glass bead, suspension hole, wood filler on one side.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Needle case ornament, accession number 2-1182, described as Oval ivory carving with inset blue glass bead, suspension hole, wood filler on one side.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Needle case ornament, accession number 2-1182, described as Oval ivory carving with inset blue glass bead, suspension hole, wood filler on one side.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Needle case ornament, accession number 2-1182, described as Oval ivory carving with inset blue glass bead, suspension hole, wood filler on one side.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Needle case ornament, accession number 2-1182, described as Oval ivory carving with inset blue glass bead, suspension hole, wood filler on one side.

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