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Object Number
94-57-10/R114
Display Title
Bone needle case. Hollow tube decorated with black engravings.
Descriptions
Object Description
Bone needle case. Hollow tube decorated with black engravings. At the circumfe
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: 8 x 1.1 x 1 cm (3 1/8 x 7/16 x 3/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
R\114
Provenance
Collector
Frederick H. Rindge
(?)
Donor
Frederick H. Rindge
(1894)
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