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Object Number
13-52-10/88519
Display Title
Broken (needle case ?)
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Tube, carved bone, perforated, 1 end chipped
Classification
- Tube
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Qayaigsigvigmiut
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Alaska
/
North Slope Burough
Additional Geographic Terms
Cape Smyth, Point Barrow, vicinity of
Materials
Bone
Dimensions
Overall: 7.4 x 1.2 x 0.9 cm (2 15/16 x 1/2 x 3/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
88519
Provenance
Collector
Prof. Vilhjalmur Stefansson
(1911-1912)
Donor
John B. Stetson, Jr.
(1913)
Donor
Prof. Vilhjalmur Stefansson
(1913)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13-52-10/87962 | Bone tubes (needle cases) |
Tube
|
North Slope Burough
| |
| 13-52-10/88518 | Bone cylinder, needle case |
Tube
|
North Slope Burough
| |
| 94-57-10/R113 | Needle case, bone and pigment. Hollow bone tube, slightly notched on both ends. |
Needle case
|
Point Barrow
| |
| 94-57-10/R114 | Bone needle case. Hollow tube decorated with black engravings. |
Needle case
|
Point Barrow
| |
| 13-52-10/88032 | Needle case with needle |
Textileworking
|
North Slope Burough
| |
| 88-51-10/50082 | One snuff tube and two needle cases of bone |
Textileworking
|
Alaska
| |
| 21-14-10/87677 | Needle case and copper needle (thimble?) |
Needle case
|
Northwest Territories
| |
| 88-51-10/50044.3 | Needle case, tubular bone or ivory, carved grooves, incised & pigmented bands |
Needle case
|
Alaska
| |
| 13-52-10/88617 | Bone tube |
Tube
|
North Slope Burough
| |
| 45-28-10/27702 | Ivory needle case w/ ivory & copper needles, reamers, thimble & toggles attached |
Container
|
North Slope Burough
| |
| 13-52-10/88578 | Drilled bird bone |
Tube
|
North Slope Burough
| |
| 32-20-10/38 | Needle case and other women's pendants |
Textileworking
|
Alaska
|