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Object Number
21-14-10/87677
Display Title
Needle case and copper needle (thimble?)
Descriptions
Object Description
Needle case and copper needle (thimble?)
Inventory Description
Needle case, carved and incised bone w/ punctate copper thimble/carved ivory tog
Classification
- Needle case
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Copper Eskimo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
Canada
/
Northwest Territories
Materials
Bone, Copper, Ivory
Dimensions
Overall: 13.3 x 2.2 x 1.5 cm (5 1/4 x 7/8 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity
2
Label on object
87677
Provenance
Provenance
Alfred H. Anderson
(1920-1921)
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