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Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Needle case, accession number 2-1626, described as Made of wingbone of large waterfowl. Incised and darkened cross-hatching. Wood stoppers in shape of fish head and tail.
Hearst Museum object titled Needle case, accession number 9-10993, described as needle case with medallion; leather, silver, brass; coral bead; worn on belt to hold needles by men and women; anytime, especially by nomads
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Needle case, accession number 2-1636, described as Birdbone, with incised and darkened cross-hatching. No stoppers.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Needle case, accession number 2-1619, described as Made of birdbone. Incised and darkened chevrons and lines. Wood stoppers in shape of fish head and tail. Materials: wingbone of large waterfowl, wood, blue-green and red pigment.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Needle case, accession number 2-16728, described as Made of ivory. Formerly had ivory stopper. Ethnological. Incised and darkened diamond, circles with dots. Flippers in low relief. Represents body of seal.
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.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Needle case, accession number 2-1648, described as Made from wingbone of large waterfowl, wood. Incised and darkened encircling bands and cross-hatching. Fish head shaped wood stopper (other stopper missing).
Hearst Museum object titled Needle case, accession number 9-21424a-c, described as Ivory needle case with silver(?) lid. Decoration in relief: A scholar and his acolyte arrive by boat at the foot of a mountain to climb it. Halfway up to the temple at the summit, the scholar rests and fans himself. In their ascent, the pilgrims pass through forests of bamboo, evergreens and deciduous trees. The case hangs by the crimson cord-loop from the button of the Manchu tunic. After a knot and an amber bead it enters the case through the silver lid. After it exits the case, its two ends run through a coral bead and are knotted once more, before they hang loose. Overall length of cord: 29 cm; of ivory case: 8.7 cm, case 1.5 cm diameter. Sewing needles to be stuck into cotton inside tube. a) box bottom, b) box top, c) needle case.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Needle case, accession number 2-6758, described as Made from wingbone of large water fowl.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Needle case, accession number 7-3039, described as Needle case; bone. Length 10 1/2 inches.

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