Needle case

Museum number:
2-245
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.46
Description:
Needle case; walrus ivory, head repaired, arms folded in front.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Northwest Bering Sea, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Northwest Bering Sea
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Charles L. Hall
Collection date:
ca. 1895
Taxon:
Odobenus rosmarus
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Needle cases
Accession date:
August 12, 1902
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 11 centimeters
Comment:
References: Nelson plate XLIV: 45
Loans:
S1945-1946 #4: Winfield Scott Wellington (March 11, 1946–October 28, 1955) and S1961-1962 #78: Sather Gate Book Shop (May 21, 1962–June 5, 1962)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Needle case, accession number 2-245, described as Needle case; walrus ivory, head repaired, arms folded in front.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Needle case, accession number 2-245, described as Needle case; walrus ivory, head repaired, arms folded in front.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Needle case, accession number 2-245, described as Needle case; walrus ivory, head repaired, arms folded in front.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Needle case, accession number 2-245, described as Needle case; walrus ivory, head repaired, arms folded in front.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Needle case, accession number 2-245, described as Needle case; walrus ivory, head repaired, arms folded in front.

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