Needle

Museum number:
2-1005
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.46
Description:
Made of ivory, tip damaged.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Charles L. Hall
Collection date:
ca. 1895
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Needles (piercing tools)
Accession date:
August 12, 1902
Context of use:
For sewing coarse seams in making boat covers or for similar heavy work.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 6.1 centimeters
Comment:
Context of use: cf. Nelson Pl. XLVIII#1, 2.
Loans:
S1988-1989 #28: SFO Museum (March 15, 1989–October 5, 1989)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Needle, accession number 2-1005, described as Made of ivory, tip damaged.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Needle, accession number 2-1005, described as Made of ivory, tip damaged.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Needle, accession number 2-1005, described as Made of ivory, tip damaged.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Needle, accession number 2-1005, described as Made of ivory, tip damaged.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Needle, accession number 2-1005, described as Made of ivory, tip damaged.

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