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Object Number 88-51-10/50044.1
Display Title Needle case, tubular bone or ivory, incised & pigmented geomteric design, inlaid
Descriptions
Object Description Needle case, tubular bone or ivory, incised & pigmented geomteric design, inlaid plugs at center of designs
Inventory Description Needle case, tubular bone/ivory, incised and pigmented geomteric design, inlaid
Classification
  • Needle case
Department Ethnographic
Date 1800-1888
Culture
  • Big Lake Eskimo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska
Additional Geographic Terms Bristol Bay
Materials Bone?, Ivory?
Dimensions Overall: 10 x 1.5 x 1.2 cm (3 15/16 x 9/16 x 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 50044; 36766 [crossed out] / Alaska; 88-51-10/50044.1
Provenance
Collector Edward William Nelson (?)
Donor Smithsonian Institution (1888)

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