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Object Number
45-28-10/27702
Display Title
Ivory needle case w/ ivory & copper needles, reamers, thimble & toggles attached
Descriptions
Object Description
Ivory needle case with ivory & copper needles, reamers, thimble & toggles attached; used at Point Barrow to make moccasins, the prongs are for crimping and creasing the soles.
Inventory Description
Sewing kit, tubular ivory needle case with 1 ivory/2 metal needles on leather in
Classification
- Container
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Utqiaguigmiut
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Alaska
/
North Slope Burough
Additional Geographic Terms
Point Barrow
Materials
Ivory, Metal, Leather, Bone
Dimensions
Overall: 21 x 1.9 x 1.7 cm (8 1/4 x 3/4 x 11/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
45-28-10/27702; $6.50
Provenance
Owner
Ye Olde Curiosity Shop
Collector
Dr. Samuel Cabot
(? - 1945)
Donor
Dr. Samuel Cabot
(1945)
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004.24.20135 | Ivory needle case with leather thong where needles are stored and ivory hook |
Alaska
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| 21-14-10/87677 | Needle case and copper needle (thimble?) |
Needle case
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Northwest Territories
| |
| 93-14-10/49714.1 | Ivory needle case |
Bag
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Greenland
| |
| 88-51-10/50174 | Ivory toggles |
Pipe
Button |
St. Michael
| |
| 88-51-10/50279 | Ivory belt toggles |
Pendant
|
Sledge Island
| |
|
Image Not Available
for Ivory toggles
| 88-51-10/50093 | Ivory toggles |
Bethel Census Area
| ||
| 88-51-10/50278 | Ivory toggles |
Ornament
|
Sledge Island
| |
| 53-36-60/10150.1 | 2 ivory and iron toggles or harpoon heads for walrus hunting |
Harpoon
|
Siberia
| |
| 98-18-10/51968 | Ivory toggles in form of seal |
Button
|
Nome Census Area
| |
| 93-14-10/49714 | Needle case |
Bag
Raw Material |
Greenland
| |
| 98-18-10/51972 | Ivory toggles |
Ornament
|
Nome Census Area
| |
| 985-27-10/58994 | Beaded needle case (needles probably inside, but plugged w/ wood). Body o |
Case
|
Arizona?
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