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Object Number
88-51-10/49986
Display Title
Needle cases
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Carved ivory containers, wood stoppers, black incised linear design
Classification
- Pouch
- Raw Material
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1800-1888
Culture
- Askinakmiut
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Alaska
Additional Geographic Terms
Southwest; Askenak
Materials
Ivory, Wood
Dimensions
Overall: 14.1 x 1.8 x 1.5 cm (5 9/16 x 11/16 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity
3
Label on object
49986; (36717) Askenak/ Alaska...Nelson; (19198); (36782) coll
Provenance
Collector
Edward William Nelson
Donor
Smithsonian Institution
(1888)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Media Restricted
| 04-28-10/63562 | Needle cases |
Shaft, modified
Raw Material Container |
Alaska
| |
| 88-51-10/50082 | One snuff tube and two needle cases of bone |
Textileworking
|
Alaska
| |
| 88-51-10/50144 | Ivory needle cases-carved, carved, adorned walrus heads |
Needle case
|
Alaska
| |
| 04-28-10/63563 | Ivory needle cases |
Container
Raw Material |
Alaska
| |
| 13-52-10/87962 | Bone tubes (needle cases) |
Tube
|
North Slope Burough
| |
| 93-14-10/49714 | Needle case |
Bag
Raw Material |
Greenland
| |
| 20-33-60/D1438 | Needle cases |
Pouch
|
Syria
| |
| 93-14-10/49714.1 | Ivory needle case |
Bag
|
Greenland
| |
| 93-16-60/51631 | Needle cases |
Ornament
|
Japan
| |
| 88-51-10/50149 | Needle case-incised linear design and X's |
Needle case
|
Alaska
| |
| 88-51-10/50044.2 | Needle case, tubular bone or ivory, incised & pigmented geomteric design |
Needle case
|
Alaska
| |
| 88-51-10/50044.4 | Needle case, tubular bone or ivory, incised & pigmented geometric design |
Needle case
|
Alaska
|