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Object Number
48-6-10/29201
Display Title
Black thimble - made of musk ox horn?
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Thimble, carved black horn, cylindrical, perforated, punctate, on rawhide cord
Classification
- Textileworking
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Copper Eskimo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
Canada
/
Northwest Territories
Additional Geographic Terms
Coronation Gulf
Materials
Horn
Dimensions
Overall: 1.9 x 1.8 x 1.7 cm (3/4 x 11/16 x 11/16 in.)
Quantity
2
Label on object
48-6-10/29201
Provenance
Provenance
James E. F. Wight
(1916)
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