Needle Case

NA4105

From: Canada | Coronation Gulf

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number NA4105
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Canada | Coronation Gulf
Culture Area Arctic Culture Area
Section American
Materials Bone | Leather | Gut
Description

Bone tube with one side flattened and the other curved. The curved side has carved bands of parallel lines. The flat side is undecorated. Strip of perforated hide with 6 small bones attached with sinew tassels inside.

Length 26 cm
Width 2.9 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Joseph Bernard; subscription of John Wanamaker, 1915

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