Needle Case

Thimble

NA4106

From: Canada | Coronation Gulf

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number NA4106
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Eskimo
Provenience Canada | Coronation Gulf
Culture Area Arctic Culture Area
Section American
Materials Bone
Description

Bone tube with one side flattened and the other curved. The curved side has carved bands of parallel lines. The flat side is undecorated. Strip of perforated hide with 6 small bones attached with sinew tassels inside. Small bone thimble detached.

Length 27.5 cm
Width 3 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Joseph Bernard; subscription of John Wanamaker, 1915

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