Needle case

Museum number:
2-4158
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020004158
Alternate number:
x-304 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Made of ivory, with 2 rough images of heads at each end.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
St. Michael, St. Michael Island, Nome Borough
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; St. Michael
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
1898
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Needle cases
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
Used to hold women's sewing needles.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 10.8 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 2-4158, described as Made of ivory, with 2 rough images of heads at each end.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Needle case, accession number 2-4158, described as Made of ivory, with 2 rough images of heads at each end.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Needle case, accession number 2-4158, described as Made of ivory, with 2 rough images of heads at each end.

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