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Object Number
93-14-10/49714.1
Display Title
Ivory needle case
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
Meqqutaasivik
Object Description
Needle cases. One with needle inside. Leather thimble, awl and bird attached to case.
Inventory Description
Carved ivory container, leather fringe with ivory ornaments, ivory stopper
Classification
- Bag
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Greenland Eskimo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
Greenland
Additional Geographic Terms
Arctic highlands
Materials
Ivory , Leather , Sinew
Dimensions
Overall: 33.1 x 3.2 x 1.8 cm (13 1/16 x 1 1/4 x 11/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
49714
Provenance
Collector
Rear Admiral Robert E. Peary
(1892)
Donor
Donated by
Rear Admiral Robert E. Peary
(1893)
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