Needle case

Museum number:
2-1328
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Accession number:
Acc.46
Description:
Ivory with incised and darkened encircling bands and Xs. Red and blue wood stoppers in shape of fish head and tail.
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 13.2 centimeters
Loans:
S1964-1965 #9: University of California, Davis (September 3, 1964–January 1965) and S1990-1991 #23: Blackhawk Museums (March 20, 1991–August 16, 1994)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Needle case, accession number 2-1328, described as Ivory with incised and darkened encircling bands and Xs. Red and blue wood stoppers in shape of fish head and tail.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Needle case, accession number 2-1328, described as Ivory with incised and darkened encircling bands and Xs. Red and blue wood stoppers in shape of fish head and tail.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Needle case, accession number 2-1328, described as Ivory with incised and darkened encircling bands and Xs. Red and blue wood stoppers in shape of fish head and tail.

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