Needle Case
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: "ILLUS. IN BAE 18TH AR, PT. 1; P1. XLIV-31; P. 106 ILLUS. IN PROCEEDINGS, USNM, VOL. 34, 1908; P1. 27, FIG. 4; P. 344. NEG. NO. 40,051-C." FROM CARD: "NEEDLE CASE.---CARVED FROM IVORY. THE UPPER END IS ORNAMENTED WITH TWO WALRUS HEADS; THE LOWER END WITH THE HEAD OF A SEAL. THE OPENING FOR THE NEEDLE EXTENDS ENTIRELY THROUGH THE CASE AND ONE END IS PLUGGED WITH WOOD. LENGTH, 5 1/4 INCHES. ESKIMO, LOWER YUKON, ALASKA. 38,448. COLLECTED BY E. W. NELSON."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Yukon River, Lower, Mouth, 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: E38448-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Needle Case
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 13.34 cm