Needle case

Museum number:
2-1329
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020001329
Accession number:
Acc.46
Description:
Ivory, with incised cross-hatching and encircling bands, wood plug, other stopper missing.
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
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Needle cases
Accession date:
August 12, 1902
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 8.7 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Needle case, accession number 2-1329, described as Ivory, with incised cross-hatching and encircling bands, wood plug, other stopper missing.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Needle case, accession number 2-1329, described as Ivory, with incised cross-hatching and encircling bands, wood plug, other stopper missing.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Needle case, accession number 2-1329, described as Ivory, with incised cross-hatching and encircling bands, wood plug, other stopper missing.

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