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Object Number
03-1-10/62779
Display Title
Needle case, ivory
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Ivory cylindrical case, flared at one end, incised linear design.
Classification
- Container
- Raw Material
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Asiatic Eskimo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Alaska
Additional Geographic Terms
St. Lawrence Island
Materials
Ivory
Dimensions
Overall: 12.8 x 2.1 x 1.3 cm (5 1/16 x 13/16 x 1/2 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
62779
Provenance
Collector
Unknown
(?)
Donor
Mr. Lewis Hobart Farlow
(1903)
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