Needle Case

NA4111

From: Canada | Coronation Gulf

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number NA4111
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Canada | Coronation Gulf
Culture Area Arctic Culture Area
Section American
Materials Bone | Leather | Gut
Description

Bone tube with one side flattened and the other curved. Undecorated. Strip of hide inside with two metal needles inserted. Bone hook attached to the strip hide.

Length 23 cm
Width 1.7 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Joseph Bernard; subscription of John Wanamaker, 1915

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