Needle case

Museum number:

2-5869

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Alternate number:

x-959 (original number)

Accession number:

Acc.167

Object count:

1

Description:

Needle case, made of walrus ivory. Archaeological. Carving of a woman. Stopper in top of head.

Donor:

Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections

Collection place:

Cavia, Seward Peninsula, Nome Borough

Verbatim coll. place:

Alaska; Seward Peninsula; Cavia

Culture or time period:

Alaskan Eskimo

Collector:

unknown

Collection date:

1898

Taxon:

Odobenus rosmarus

Object type:

ethnography

Function:

5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies

Accession date:

1904

Department:

Cat. 2 - North America (except Mexico and Central America)

Dimensions:

length 13 centimeters

Comment:

References: Nelson, plate XLIV:45.

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