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House wife
Object Number 04-28-10/63557
Display Title House wife
Descriptions
Inventory Description Needle case, fish skin, animal hide w/ areas of fur removed, fur trim, stitched
Classification
  • Needle
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Kuigpagmiut
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska
Additional Geographic Terms Bering Sea; Lower Yukon River
Materials Fishskin, Animal hide, Fur
Dimensions Overall: 34.1 x 27 x 1 cm (13 7/16 x 10 5/8 x 3/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 63557
Provenance
Collector Rev. Charles Lemon Hall
Donor Department of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley (1904)

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