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Object Number
04-28-10/63562
Display Title
Needle cases
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Ivory scrimshaw needle cases, fish-shaped, linear design, wood ends, hair
Classification
- Shaft, modified
- Raw Material
- Container
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Bering Strait Eskimo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Alaska
Additional Geographic Terms
Lower Yukon River
Materials
Ivory, Wood, Hair
Dimensions
Overall: 15.6 x 1.7 x 1.4 cm (6 1/8 x 11/16 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity
2
Label on object
63562; 2/1336; A-8224
Provenance
Collector
Rev. Charles Lemon Hall
Exchange participant
Department of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley
(1904)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04-28-10/63563 | Ivory needle cases |
Container
Raw Material |
Alaska
| |
| 88-51-10/49986 | Needle cases |
Raw Material
Pouch |
Alaska
| |
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Needle case
|
Alaska
| |
| 13-52-10/87962 | Bone tubes (needle cases) |
Tube
|
North Slope Burough
| |
| 88-51-10/50082 | One snuff tube and two needle cases of bone |
Textileworking
|
Alaska
| |
| 93-16-60/51631 | Needle cases |
Ornament
|
Japan
| |
| 93-14-10/49714 | Needle case |
Bag
Raw Material |
Greenland
| |
| 88-51-10/50044.5 | Needle case, tubular bone or ivory, incised & pigmented geometric design |
Needle case
|
Alaska
| |
| 93-14-10/49714.1 | Ivory needle case |
Bag
|
Greenland
| |
| 45-28-10/27702 | Ivory needle case w/ ivory & copper needles, reamers, thimble & toggles attached |
Container
|
North Slope Burough
| |
| 2004.24.3223 | Ivory needle cases |
Alaska
| ||
| 88-51-10/50044.1 | Needle case, tubular bone or ivory, incised & pigmented geomteric design, inlaid |
Needle case
|
Alaska
|