Thimble

Museum number:
2-4164
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020004164
Alternate number:
x-310 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Made of bone, incised punctations on exterior, excised area on side. Copy of European metal thimble.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
U.C. Col.? #198
Collection date:
1898
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Thimbles
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
used to push needle through leather or fur skin.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
height 2 centimeters
Comment:
Remarks: cf. Nelson p. 109 and Pl. XLIV#21.
Loans:
S1962-1963 #61: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/Vincent Evans (June 24, 1963–June 24, 1963)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Thimble, accession number 2-4164, described as Made of bone, incised punctations on exterior, excised area on side. Copy of European metal thimble.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Thimble, accession number 2-4164, described as Made of bone, incised punctations on exterior, excised area on side. Copy of European metal thimble.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Thimble, accession number 2-4164, described as Made of bone, incised punctations on exterior, excised area on side. Copy of European metal thimble.

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