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Needle case
Object Number 88-51-10/50089
Display Title Needle case
Descriptions
Inventory Description Carved ivory case, cylindrical, incised annular deisgn, wood stopper,
Classification
  • Raw Material
  • Bag
Department Ethnographic
Date 19th century
Culture
  • Bering Sea Eskimo
  • Yupik?
  • Kusquqvagmiut?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska
Additional Geographic Terms Kuskokwim
Materials Bone, Wood
Dimensions Overall: 13.7 x 1.6 x 1.4 cm (5 3/8 x 5/8 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 50089 & (33720)/Alaska/ Nelson
Credit Line Exchange, Smithsonian Institution, 1888
Provenance
Collector Edward William Nelson (?)
Exchange participant Smithsonian Institution (1888)

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