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Object Number 13-52-10/88032
Display Title Needle case with needle
Descriptions
Inventory Description Needle case, bone, broken bone toggle, carved stone ornaments, broken, rawhide s
Classification
  • Textileworking
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Eskimo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska / North Slope Burough
Additional Geographic Terms Shooting Slalion; Birnink; Cape Barrow, 6m. NW of; Cape Smyth, 6m. NE of
Dimensions Overall: 23.3 x 2.2 x 1.4 cm (9 3/16 x 7/8 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity 4
Label on object 88032
Provenance
Collector Prof. Vilhjalmur Stefansson (1911-1912 - 1913)
Donor John B. Stetson, Jr. (1913)
Donor Prof. Vilhjalmur Stefansson (1911-1912 - 1913)

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