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Needle case and other women's pendants
Needle case and other women's pendants
Object Number 32-20-10/38
Display Title Needle case and other women's pendants
Descriptions
Inventory Description Needle case, bone w/ tongs, carved 'hook', spoon, chipped stone blade, strung t
Classification
  • Textileworking
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Bering Strait Eskimo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska
Additional Geographic Terms Norton Sound
Materials Bone, Leather
Dimensions Overall: 10.9 x 1.3 x 0.5 cm (4 5/16 x 1/2 x 3/16 in.)
Quantity 5
Label on object 32-20-10/38
Provenance
Collector John Munro Longyear (?)
Donor Helen F. Paul (8/19/32)
Donor Mrs. Abby Beecher Robers (August 19, 1932)

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