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Object Number 987-16-10/71167
Display Title Needlecase?
Descriptions
Object Description Needlecase? Leather painted on one side, with three pockets & strap with bone tool (9.9 cm) attached. Pattern of red, yellow & blue linear & some curvilinear designs.
Inventory Description Pouch with 3 pockets, leather painted red, blue and yellow, bone needle attached
Classification
  • Case
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Naskapi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada
Dimensions Overall: 34.5 x 11.5 cm (13 9/16 x 4 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 987-16-10/71167
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. James Hawks in memory of her husband, James Dudley Hawks II, Class of 1943
Provenance
Collector Edward Allerton Hawks (1910-1916)
Donor Mrs. James Dudley Hawks (9/23/1987)

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