Thimble holder/guard. Made of ivory. Rectangular shape tapering towards top. Pierced hole in top, two upright hooks at sides.
Donor:
Ellinor C. Davidson and George Davidson
Collection place:
Point Barrow, North Slope Borough, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Point Barrow
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
R. A. Marr
Collection date:
1883
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Thimble holders
Accession date:
1945
Context of use:
Double thimble/guard holder. Sealskin thimbles were usually carried on a holder or guard attached to the end of a cord which is either fastened to the workbag or forms a pendant to the strap of the needlecase. May be both ear pendant/double thimble guard.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 7.9 centimeters
Comment:
References: Nelson, Eskimo About Bering Strait, Pl. XLIV #16-19 and pp. 109-110.