needle case; textile tool

Needle case consisting of an ivory tube with three raised bands interspersed with incised linear decoration. The cylindrical textile tool contains a length of leather which protrudes at one end and is attached to a globular ivory stopper at the other end.

object
MUSEUM NUMBER
24.119
PLACE
COLLECTION
MEASUREMENTS
overall: 192 mm x 18 mm; overall: 7.3622 x .6693 in.; 187 x 17 mm
MATERIAL/TECHNIQUE
walrus ivory; leather
CATEGORY
Anthropology: Ethnography
LOCATION
World Gallery > Americas > Arctic - clothing, shamanism and sharing food
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