Needle case

Museum number:
2-33947
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2047
Description:
Needle case; standing anthropomorphic figure of fossil ivory. Leather thong inside figure has ivory needle with sinew thread. Small ulu, sharpener and hook pendant from thong. Materials: antler (ulu handle), slate (ulu blade), fossil ivory, sinew, jasper (sharpener), fishskin (thong).
Donor:
Nell Lomprey
Collection place:
Tigara, Point Hope, North Slope Borough
Culture or time period:
Point Hope Eskimo
Collector:
Nell Lomprey
Collection date:
1965
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Needle cases
Accession date:
1965
Context of use:
Woman's needle case and multi-purpose knife; reassembled by Pt. Hope Eskimos; ulu and possibly sharpened archaeological; hook new but of fossilized ivory. Probably "replica" reassembled for sale - note use of "recycled" ivory figure.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
9.5 inches and 31 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Needle case, accession number 2-33947, described as Needle case; standing anthropomorphic figure of fossil ivory. Leather thong inside figure has ivory needle with sinew thread. Small ulu, sharpener and hook pendant from thong. Materials: antler (ulu handle), slate (ulu blade), fossil ivory, sinew, jasper (sharpener), fishskin (thong).Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Needle case, accession number 2-33947, described as Needle case; standing anthropomorphic figure of fossil ivory. Leather thong inside figure has ivory needle with sinew thread. Small ulu, sharpener and hook pendant from thong. Materials: antler (ulu handle), slate (ulu blade), fossil ivory, sinew, jasper (sharpener), fishskin (thong).Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Needle case, accession number 2-33947, described as Needle case; standing anthropomorphic figure of fossil ivory. Leather thong inside figure has ivory needle with sinew thread. Small ulu, sharpener and hook pendant from thong. Materials: antler (ulu handle), slate (ulu blade), fossil ivory, sinew, jasper (sharpener), fishskin (thong).Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Needle case, accession number 2-33947, described as Needle case; standing anthropomorphic figure of fossil ivory. Leather thong inside figure has ivory needle with sinew thread. Small ulu, sharpener and hook pendant from thong. Materials: antler (ulu handle), slate (ulu blade), fossil ivory, sinew, jasper (sharpener), fishskin (thong).

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