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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
Materials
Leather, Pigment, Bone
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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