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: This object is on loan to the Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center, from 2010 through 2027.
label: Notes
content: From card: "Wooden plugs."
label: Notes
content: Source of the information below: Smithsonian Arctic Studies Center Alaska Native Collections: Sharing Knowledge website, by Aron Crowell, entry on this artifact https://alaska.si.edu/record.asp?id=553 , retrieved 10-26-2021; see web page for additional information: Needle case, Yup'ik. This tube to hold sewing needles was made from the wing bone of a goose, with wooden stoppers at each end. The design may represent a blackfish.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 20 Jan 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Askinuk (Hooper Bay), Near Cape Romanzof, Yukon & Kuskokwim Delta, Alaska, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Eskimo, Yup'ik
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 008133
label: USNM Number
content: E36723-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Needle Case
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 16 cm