Sewing Kit
date: label: Accession Date
content: 20 Jul 1995
label: Collection Date
content: 1969
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. G. E. Folk Jr.
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. G. E. Folk Jr.
notes: label: Notes
content: (1/2) CYLINDRICAL BASKET HAS FLAT BOTTOM & STRAIGHT SIDES; MADE FROM GRAYISH-BROWN SEAL FUR, SEWN W/ SINEW. EXTERIOR IS DECORATED W/ BROWN & RED CRESTED AUKLET FEATHERS. INTERIOR OF BASKET IS COVERED W/ SEAL GUT. CONTAINS SEWING IMPLEMENTS INCLUDING SKIN SCRAPS, IVORY NEEDLES, SINEW THIMBLE & THREAD, SEAL GUT PIECES, & A TAG THAT READS "SEWING KIT 20.00, SAVOONGA." (2/2) ROUND LID IS MADE FROM GRAYISH-BROWN SEAL FUR, SEWN W/ SINEW. TOP OF LID HAS A WALRUS TOOTH. INTERIOR OF LID IS COVERED W/ SEAL GUT. ACCORDING TO APPRAISER'S LIST, PURCHASED IN ST. LAWRENCE ISLAND, ALASKA.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 9 Feb 2016
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: St. Lawrence Island, Bering Sea, Alaska, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Eskimo, Yupik, St. Lawrence Island
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 400225
label: USNM Number
content: E428044-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Sewing Kit
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 12 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 12 cm
label: Height - W/lid
content: 9.7 cm