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Object Number
04-28-10/63563
Display Title
Ivory needle cases
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Carved ivory needle cases, incised, 1 with wooden base.
Classification
- 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
Dimensions
Overall: 13.7 x 2.1 x 1.3 cm (5 3/8 x 13/16 x 1/2 in.)
Quantity
2
Label on object
63563
Provenance
Collector
Rev. Charles Lemon Hall
Donor
Department of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley
(1904)
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