Needle-Case Of Bird-Bone
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: "NEEDLE CASE.---MADE OF THE WING BONE OF THE SWAN. CENTER ORNAMENTED WITH LINES CROSSING EACH OTHER AT RIGHT ANGLES; DIAGONAL ORNAMENTATION AT EITHER END. BOTH ENDS STOPPED WITH WOODEN PLUGS; THE ONE CARVED IN IMITATION OF A FISH'S HEAD, THE OTHER OF ITS TAIL, THUS GIVING THE WHOLE CASE THE APPEARANCE OF A LONG FISH. LENGTH, 6 INCHES; DIAMETER, 5/8 INCH. ESKIMO, ASKINUK, ALASKA. 36,764. COLLECTED BY E. W. NELSON."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 21 Dec 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Askinuk (Hooper Bay), Near Cape Romanzof, Yukon & Kuskokwim Delta, 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: E36764-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Needle Case
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 15 cm
label: Diameter - Object
content: 1.587 cm