Needle
name: label: Culture/People
content: Iñupiaq
label: Collector
content: Edward W. Nelson (Edward William Nelson/E.W. Nelson), Non-Indian, 1855-1934
label: Previous owner
content: U.S. National Museum (United States National Museum/National Museum of Natural History)
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collected in 1880 by Edward W. Nelson (1855-1934, a naturalist with the US Army Signal Corps on board the "Corwin") for the U.S. National Museum (precursor to the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History); purchased by George Heye from an unnamed dealer in 1915.
label: Contact Us
content: Have a concern, a correction, or something to add? Contact us: https://nmai.si.edu/collections-statement
place: label: Place
content: Sledge Island; Bering Straits Native Corporation; Alaska; USA
label: Archipelago
content: Bering Sea Islands
label: Island Name
content: Sledge Island
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: 4/1657
label: Barcode
content: 041657.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Sewing Tools and Equipment
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Needle
label: Media/Materials
content: Jade
label: Techniques
content: Ground