Needle case

Museum number:
2-1619
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Accession number:
Acc.46
Description:
Made of birdbone. Incised and darkened chevrons and lines. Wood stoppers in shape of fish head and tail. Materials: wingbone of large waterfowl, wood, blue-green and red pigment.
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 14.5 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Needle case, accession number 2-1619, described as Made of birdbone. Incised and darkened chevrons and lines. Wood stoppers in shape of fish head and tail. Materials: wingbone of large waterfowl, wood, blue-green and red pigment.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Needle case, accession number 2-1619, described as Made of birdbone. Incised and darkened chevrons and lines. Wood stoppers in shape of fish head and tail. Materials: wingbone of large waterfowl, wood, blue-green and red pigment.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Needle case, accession number 2-1619, described as Made of birdbone. Incised and darkened chevrons and lines. Wood stoppers in shape of fish head and tail. Materials: wingbone of large waterfowl, wood, blue-green and red pigment.

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