Sewing Kit
date: label: Accession Date
content: 20 Jul 1995
label: Collection Date
content: 1963
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. G. E. Folk Jr.
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. G. E. Folk Jr.
notes: label: Notes
content: LONG HOLLOW BONE CASE HAS A NATURAL GROOVE RUNNING LENGTHWISE ON FLAT SIDE. OTHER SIDE IS CONVEX. BOTH ENDS HAVE INCISED RINGS IN BLACK. A COPPER (?) NEEDLE IS STUCK INTO A PIECE OF WHITE SEAL LEATHER, WHICH IS INSERTED INTO THE CASE. ONE END OF THE LEATHER IS CONNECTED BY SINEW TO A HOLLOW CONICAL TOP (THIMBLE?) W/ A CARVED GROOVE ALL AROUND EDGE. THIS IS CONNECTED BY SINEW TO AN ANCHOR-SHAPE BONE OBJECT. THIS ACTS AS THE HANDLE TO PULL NEEDLE OUT. THE OTHER END OF THE LEATHER STRIP HAS 2 SINEW STRINGS, ONE IS THREADED THROUGH A HOLE BORED INTO THE END OF A LONG, FLAT NEEDLE-LIKE OBJECT. THE OTHER STRING IS THREADED THROUGH THE EYE OF A SHORT, FOSSIL IVORY NEEDLE. STICKER "86" IS AFFIXED TO BOTTOM OF KIT. PURCHASED IN SAVOONGA, ST. LAWRENCE ISLAND, ALASKA. SEE MURDOCH 1988:318-319.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 9 Feb 2016
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: St. Lawrence Island / Savoonga, Bering Sea, Alaska, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Eskimo, Yupik, St. Lawrence Island
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 400225
label: USNM Number
content: E428047-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Sewing Kit
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 31 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 7 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 1.7 cm