Needle

Museum number:
2-45401
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
2-13396a (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.639
Description:
Needle with mallet-shaped end. "Fossil" ivory (archaeological?). Originally catalogued with snuffbox 2-13396, both said to have been found in the grave of a great chief but snuffbox ethnographic.
Donor:
Mary S. Johnson
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Agnes Ruth Sengstacken
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Needles (piercing tools)
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Accession date:
1929
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 6.9 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Needle, accession number 2-45401, described as Needle with mallet-shaped end. "Fossil" ivory (archaeological?). Originally catalogued with snuffbox 2-13396, both said to have been found in the grave of a great chief but snuffbox ethnographic.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Needle, accession number 2-45401, described as Needle with mallet-shaped end. "Fossil" ivory (archaeological?). Originally catalogued with snuffbox 2-13396, both said to have been found in the grave of a great chief but snuffbox ethnographic.

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