Needle case
date: label: Date created
content: circa 1890
name: label: Culture/People
content: Iñupiaq
label: Collector
content: George Thornton Emmons (George T. Emmons/G.T. Emmons), Non-Indian, 1852-1945
label: Previous owner
content: George Thornton Emmons (George T. Emmons/G.T. Emmons), Non-Indian, 1852-1945
label: Seller
content: George Thornton Emmons (George T. Emmons/G.T. Emmons), Non-Indian, 1852-1945
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collected by Lieutenant George T. Emmons (1852-1945, US Navy 1881-1899) at an unknown date; purchased by George Heye from George T. Emmons in 1909.
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place: label: Place
content: Arctic coast; Arctic Slope Native Corporation; Alaska; USA
setName: label: See related items
content: Iñupiaq
label: See related items
content: Sewing Tools and Equipment
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 2/4330
label: Barcode
content: 024330.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Sewing Tools and Equipment
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Needle case
label: Media/Materials
content: Fossil ivory, bird bone/bones, sealskin/fur, glass bead/beads
label: Techniques
content: Carved, incised, strung
label: Dimensions
content: 49 x 1.8 x 3 cm