Case

Museum number:
2-545a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020545a@2cb
Accession number:
Acc.46
Description:
a) Needle, of walrus ivory, with incised geometric designs, wood plug; b) Wood stopper.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Lower Yukon, Yukon, Yukon-Koyukuk Borough
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Lower Yukon
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Charles L. Hall
Collection date:
ca. 1895
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Needle cases
Accession date:
August 12, 1902
Context of use:
Not snuff tube because has stopper.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
a)— length 6.3 centimeters and b)— length 2.8 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Case, accession number 2-545a,b, described as a) Needle, of walrus ivory, with incised geometric designs, wood plug; b) Wood stopper.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Case, accession number 2-545a,b, described as a) Needle, of walrus ivory, with incised geometric designs, wood plug; b) Wood stopper.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Case, accession number 2-545a,b, described as a) Needle, of walrus ivory, with incised geometric designs, wood plug; b) Wood stopper.

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