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Object Number
94-57-10/R111
Display Title
Shuttle/netting needle, ivory. Thread spool is carved in shape of seal.
Descriptions
Object Description
Shuttle/netting needle, ivory. Thread spool is carved in shape of seal. Eyes a
Inventory Description
Needle, carved ivory, for netting, seal form, incised and pigmented decoration
Classification
- Needle
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1800-1894
Culture
- Navugmiut
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Alaska
/
North Slope Burough
/
Point Barrow
Materials
Ivory
Dimensions
Overall: 12.6 x 2 x 1 cm (4 15/16 x 13/16 x 3/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
R\111
Provenance
Collector
Frederick H. Rindge
(?)
Donor
Frederick H. Rindge
(1894)
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Needle
|
Alaska
| |
| 69-30-10/1990 | Netting needle |
Needle
|
Alaska
| |
| 69-30-10/1975 | Netting needles |
Needle
|
Alaska
| |
| 69-30-10/1977 | Netting needle |
Needle
|
Alaska
| |
| 69-30-10/1978 | Netting needle |
Needle
|
Alaska
| |
| 88-51-10/50358 | Ivory netting needle or net spacer? |
Needle
|
North Slope Burough
| |
| 88-51-10/50286 | Ivory netting needle |
Needle
|
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| |
| 98-18-10/52079 | Ivory netting needle |
Needle
|
Nome Census Area
| |
| 46-36-10/28989 | Ivory shuttle (for net?) |
Fishing and trapping
|
Alaska
| |
| 00-8-70/55327 | Netting needle |
Needle
|
Fiji
| |
| 19-44-40/E2528 | Netting needles - wood |
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|
England
| |
| 00-8-70/55437 | Netting needle |
Needle
|
Funafuti Island
|