Needle case

Museum number:
2-16728
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Accession number:
Acc.770
Description:
Made of ivory. Formerly had ivory stopper. Ethnological. Incised and darkened diamond, circles with dots. Flippers in low relief. Represents body of seal.
Donor:
Margaret Lantis
Collection place:
Mekoryuk, Nunivak Island, Bethel Census Area
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Nunivak Island; Mekoryuk
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Margaret Lantis
Collection date:
1940
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Needle cases
Accession date:
1940
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 8.3 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 2-16728, described as Made of ivory. Formerly had ivory stopper. Ethnological. Incised and darkened diamond, circles with dots. Flippers in low relief. Represents body of seal.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Needle case, accession number 2-16728, described as Made of ivory. Formerly had ivory stopper. Ethnological. Incised and darkened diamond, circles with dots. Flippers in low relief. Represents body of seal.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Needle case, accession number 2-16728, described as Made of ivory. Formerly had ivory stopper. Ethnological. Incised and darkened diamond, circles with dots. Flippers in low relief. Represents body of seal.

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