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Object Number 94-57-10/R113
Display Title Needle case, bone and pigment. Hollow bone tube, slightly notched on both ends.
Descriptions
Object Description Needle case, bone and pigment. Holow bone tube, slightly notched on both ends.
Inventory Description Needle case, carved bone, tubular, incised and pigmented geometric design
Classification
  • Needle case
Department Ethnographic
Date 1800-1894
Culture
  • Navugmiut
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska / North Slope Burough / Point Barrow
Materials Bone
Dimensions Overall: 10.2 x 1 x 0.9 cm (4 x 3/8 x 3/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object R\113
Provenance
Collector Frederick H. Rindge (?)
Donor Frederick H. Rindge (1894)

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