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Object Number
07-47-10/72348
Display Title
Ivory needle case
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Ivory needle case, cylindrical with ivory stopper, leather strip and ivory hook
Classification
- Container
- Raw Material
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Nigaluk
- Nunatarmiut
- Nunatagmiut
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Alaska
/
North Slope Burough
Additional Geographic Terms
Point Barrow, east of, Mountains inland from coast
Materials
Ivory, Leather
Dimensions
Overall: 37 x 1.6 x 1.7 cm (14 9/16 x 5/8 x 11/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
07-47-10/72348
Provenance
Collector
Dr. George P. Howe
(1906-1907)
Donor
Dr. George P. Howe
(1907)
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