Needle Case
Awl
Thimble
NA4110
From: Canada | Coronation Gulf
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | NA4110 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Eskimo |
| Provenience | Canada | Coronation Gulf |
| Culture Area | Arctic Culture Area |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Bone | Ivory | Hide |
| 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. Long piece of bone with sawtooth notches at one end is detached with remnants of sinew. Bone thimble associated. |
| Length | 11.5 cm |
| Width | 2.3 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Joseph Bernard; subscription of John Wanamaker, 1915 |
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