Bird Quill Container
date: label: Accession Date
content: 10 Jan 1994
label: Collection Date
content: Early 1930's
name: label: Collector
content: Caroline Van Hoose
label: Donor Name
content: Caroline Van Hoose
notes: label: Notes
content: CONTAINER HAS FLAT, OVAL LEATHER BASE W/ STRAIGHT SIDES & OVAL OPENING. INTERIOR HAS 3 COMPARTMENTS. EXTERIOR & COMPARTMENT PARTITIONS ARE MADE FROM BIRD QUILLS SEWN W/ SINEW. RIM & BASE ARE TRIMMED W/ LEATHER, SEWN W/ SINEW. LID IS FLAT & ROUGHLY MATCHES SHAPE OF OPENING. ALSO MADE OF BIRD QUILLS, TRIMMED W/ LEATHER, SEWN W/ SINEW. CENTER HAS LEATHER HANDLE W/ WOVEN LEATHER CHECKERED DESIGN. INSIDE BASKET ARE 5+ BROKERN PIECES OF POTTER & A PIECE OF KNOTTED LEATHER. ALSO HAS 2 DRIED PIECES OF MASKING TAPE W/ PENCILLED WRITING "THIS BASKET MAY BE INDIAN" & "INSIDE CONTENTS ARE ESKIMO."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 11 Jan 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Kotzebue, Kotzebue Sound, Alaska, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Eskimo, Inupiaq
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 390932
label: USNM Number
content: E428113-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Container
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 15.5 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 8.5 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 11 cm