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Object Number
995-29-10/73477
Display Title
Ivory needle with large eye
Descriptions
Object Description
Ivory needle with large eye. Received as part of set, 73475-73481. See notes/histories- attribution.
Inventory Description
Needle, carved ivory, worn around eye
Classification
- Needle
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Eskimo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
Canada
North America / United States
North America / United States
Materials
Walrus ivory
Dimensions
Overall: 6.6 x 0.6 x 0.4 cm (2 5/8 x 1/4 x 3/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
995-29-10/73477
Provenance
Collector
Dr. William R. Wright
(1995)
Donor
Dr. William R. Wright
(1995)
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PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
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| 995-29-10/73476 | Ivory needle with large eye |
Needle
|
United States
Canada | |
| 995-29-10/73475 | Small owl-shaped comb of ivory with red bead eyes |
Comb
|
Canada
United States | |
| 995-29-10/73479 | Ivory fish hook |
Fishhook
|
United States
Canada | |
| 995-29-10/73480 | Ivory fish hook |
Fishhook
|
United States
Canada | |
| 995-29-10/73481 | Ivory fish hook |
Fishhook
|
Canada
United States | |
| 995-29-10/73478 | Ivory fish hook |
Fishhook
|
Canada
United States | |
| 995-29-10/73464 | Carved ivory scrimshaw cocktail fork with walrus motif |
Fork
|
King Island
| |
| 995-29-10/73465 | Carved ivory scrimshaw cocktail fork with seal motif |
Fork
|
King Island
| |
| 88-51-10/50358 | Ivory netting needle or net spacer? |
Needle
|
North Slope Burough
| |
| 88-51-10/50286 | Ivory netting needle |
Needle
|
Sledge Island
| |
| 88-51-10/50079 | Ivory bodkin-incised linear decoration; head of pin broken off (chipped) |
Needle
|
Alaska
| |
| 98-18-10/52079 | Ivory netting needle |
Needle
|
Nome Census Area
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