Needle Case
NA4109
From: Canada | Coronation Gulf
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | NA4109 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Canada | Coronation Gulf |
| Culture Area | Arctic Culture Area |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Bone | Leather | Fiber |
| Description | Bone tube with one side flattened and the other curved. The curved side has carved bands of parallel lines at either end and two triangles facing each other in the center. The flat side is undecorated. Strip of hide inside with one end perforated and two bone pendants attached with sinew cords. The opposite end of the hide strip has a long piece of bone attached with sinew. Bone thimble associated. |
| Length | 54 cm |
| Width | 2 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Joseph Bernard; subscription of John Wanamaker, 1915 |
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