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Object Number
88-51-10/50082
Display Title
One snuff tube and two needle cases of bone
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Tube, worked and incised bone, one hollow, two with wooden ends and stoppers
Classification
- Textileworking
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1800-1888
Culture
- Nunatkoromiut
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Alaska
Additional Geographic Terms
Kashunuk
Materials
Bone, Wood
Dimensions
Overall: 13.4 x 1.6 x 1.5 cm (5 1/4 x 5/8 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity
3
Label on object
#1: 50082 / 36822 (crossed out) & Kush; #2: 50082 & 36750...Kushunuk / Alaska /
Provenance
Collector
Edward William Nelson
(?)
Donor
Smithsonian Institution
(1888)
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13-52-10/87962 | Bone tubes (needle cases) |
Tube
|
North Slope Burough
| |
| 88-51-10/49986 | Needle cases |
Pouch
Raw Material |
Alaska
| |
| 94-57-10/R113 | Needle case, bone and pigment. Hollow bone tube, slightly notched on both ends. |
Needle case
|
Point Barrow
| |
| 94-57-10/R114 | Bone needle case. Hollow tube decorated with black engravings. |
Needle case
|
Point Barrow
| |
|
Media Restricted
| 04-28-10/63562 | Needle cases |
Raw Material
Container Shaft, modified |
Alaska
| |
| 40-2-60/6100 | Bamboo tube used to hold weaving needles - 18 1/2" long, incised decoration |
Box
|
Vietnam
| |
| 04-28-10/63563 | Ivory needle cases |
Raw Material
Container |
Alaska
| |
| 88-51-10/50144 | Ivory needle cases-carved, carved, adorned walrus heads |
Needle case
|
Alaska
| |
| 93-16-60/51631 | Needle cases |
Ornament
|
Japan
| |
| 2002.1.1757 | Needle case stopper or plug, carved wood |
Textileworking
|
Alaska?
| |
| 13-52-10/88032 | Needle case with needle |
Textileworking
|
North Slope Burough
| |
| 88-51-10/49970 | Needle case with incised linear and circular markings |
Textileworking
|
Alaska
|