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Start Over Object name Needle case Object class Sewing tools and supplies
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Needle case, accession number 2-4156, described as Made of walrus ivory, small projection at side.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Needle case, accession number 2-1627, described as Polished birdbone with grooves, incised and darkened encircling bands. Wood stoppers in shape of fish head and tail.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Needle case, accession number 2-1589, described as Made of ivory, with incised and darkened cross-hatching, wood plug and wood fishtail-shaped stopper.
Hearst Museum object titled Needle case, accession number 2-1588, described as Made of ivory, with incised and darkened encircling bands with rectangle-like boxes. Stoppers are red-stained wood fish head and tail.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Needle case, accession number 2-1618, described as Made of bird bone (wingbone of large waterfowl), incised and darkened encircling bands and crosshatching. Both stoppers missing.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Needle case, accession number 2-7065, described as Made of ivory. Inset wood plug at one end, carved wood fish head at other end. Rawhide thong attached to hole in base.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Needle case, accession number 2-1644, described as Birdbone, with incised Xs and encircling bands. Made of wingbone of large waterfowl. Too large for snufftube.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Needle case, accession number 2-1637, described as Birdbone, with incised and darkened encircling bands and Xs. Fish-tail shaped wood stopper (other missing).
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Needle case, accession number 2-1629, described as Birdbone with incised and darkened encircling bands divided into rectangular spaces. Stoppers missing. Made of wingbone of large waterfowl.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Needle case, accession number 2-65813, described as Ivory tube broadened by a ridge on each side at one end with a small knob on each side, incised design. Wooden plug blocks rounded end.

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