Ivory Carving, Seine Needle
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1879
name: label: Collector
content: Edward W. Nelson
label: Donor Name
content: Edward W. Nelson
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "37188-90. ILLUS. IN BAE 18TH AR, PT.1; P1. XLV-8; P. 108." FROM CARD: "WORK-BAG FASTENER.---A THREE-SIDED STRIP OF WALRUS IVORY ORNAMENTED WITH DIAMOND-SHAPED FIGURES, AND WOODEN PEGS SET IN THE IVORY AND SURROUNDED BY CIRCLES. A SLIT IS CUT THROUGH THE FASTENER TO RECEIVE THE STRING USED IN TYING UP THE WORK BAG. LENGTH, 5 1/2 INCHES; WIDTH, 1/2 INCH. ESKIMO OF PAIMUT, ALASKA. 37,188. COLLECTED BY E. W. NELSON."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Paimut, Yukon River, Lower, Alaska, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 008133
label: USNM Number
content: E37188-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Needle
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 14 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 1.3 cm