Needle Case

NA1515A

From: Alaska | Kuskokwim River

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number NA1515A
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Eskimo
Provenience Alaska | Kuskokwim River
Culture Area Arctic Culture Area
Section American
Materials Bone | Wood
Description

Tube made from bone with incised geometric designs in black. Wooden caps at both ends are shaped like the head and tail of a fish.

Length 12.2 cm
Outside Diameter 1 cm
Credit Line Alaska Ethnological Expedition, George Byron Gordon, 1907

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