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Object Number 26-63-40/E3235
Display Title Match case
Descriptions
Inventory Description Case, carved bone, cylindrical, incised cross hatch design, wood base
Classification
  • Case
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Sámi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Europe / Sápmi
Additional Geographic Terms Sápmi
Materials Bone, Wood
Dimensions Overall: 7.4 x 3.5 x 2.9 cm (2 15/16 x 1 3/8 x 1 1/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object E3235
Provenance
Collector Dr. Martin Luther (1926)

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