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Object Number 88-51-10/50179
Display Title Bone needle case-incised diamond pattern
Descriptions
Object Description Bone needle case-incised diamond pattern
Inventory Description Needle case, bone/ivory, tubular, wood plug, incised/pigmented band and diamo
Classification
  • Needle case
Department Ethnographic
Date 1800-1888
Culture
  • Unaliqmiut
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska / <County> / St. Michael
Additional Geographic Terms Norton Sound
Materials Ivory?, Bone?
Dimensions Overall: 9.5 x 1.5 x 1.2 cm (3 3/4 x 9/16 x 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 50179; M H / 24489 [crossed out] / Alaska / Turner
Provenance
Collector Lucien M. Turner
Donor Smithsonian Institution (1888)

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