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Needle case
Object Number 67-24-10/642
Display Title Needle case
Descriptions
Inventory Description Cylindrical bone needle case/implement, blue bead inlay w/ bone stopper w/ lea
Classification
  • Container
  • Raw Material
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Eskimo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / Northwest Territories
Additional Geographic Terms Anderson River
Materials Bone
Dimensions Overall: 15.3 x 2.2 x 2 cm (6 x 7/8 x 13/16 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 642; (2261)
Provenance
Collector Robert MacFarlane (?)
Donor Smithsonian Institution (1868)

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