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Object Number 88-51-10/50083
Display Title Needle case-incised lines, carved stopper
Descriptions
Object Description Needle case-incised lines, carved stopper
Inventory Description Needle case, bone, tubular, carved wood stopper/plug, incised and pigmented line
Classification
  • Needle case
Department Ethnographic
Date 1800-1888
Culture
  • Nunatkoromiut
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska
Additional Geographic Terms Kashunuk
Materials Bone
Dimensions Overall: 10.6 x 1.6 x 1.4 cm (4 3/16 x 5/8 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 50083; 36774, Kash
Provenance
Collector Edward William Nelson (?)
Donor Smithsonian Institution (1888)

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