Needle Case

NA114

From: Alaska | Point Barrow

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number NA114
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Eskimo
Provenience Alaska | Point Barrow
Culture Area Arctic Culture Area
Section American
Materials Bone
Description

Bone tube, panels of Xs and circle and dot designs, incised. Cylindrical wooden plug at one end. Flattened wooden plug at the opposite. Both plugs have red pigment.

Length 12.8 cm
Outside Diameter 1.8 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Miss G. E. Wiestling, 1904

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