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Needle Case

Object Number:45-15-1480
Current Location: Collections Storage
Culture:Eskimo
Provenience: United States of America
Alaska
Culture Area: Arctic Culture Area
Section:American
Materials:Bone
Length: 6.5 cm
Credit Line:Purchased from Mrs. Owen Stephens, 1945

Description

Bone tube, etched with angular four-lobed figure and lines of dots. Bone ring attached to thong which passes through tube. Sinew thread wound on thong.

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