Needle Case
Thimble
NA4106
From: Canada | Coronation Gulf
Curatorial Section: American
| 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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