needle-case;
thimble;
toggle
- Museum number
- Am1939,12.1
- Description
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Needle-case; carved of ivory; needle-case with sealskin thong and ivory toggle in the form of seal at one end. Ivory thimble and bow-shaped horn toggle of more modern date at other end.
- Production date
- 1930s (before)
- Dimensions
-
Height: 31 centimetres
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Width: 6.50 centimetres
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Depth: 2 centimetres
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
-
Exhibited:
1985 May-Jun, Museum of Mankind; Festival of Native American Artists-The Living Tradition
2020-2021 October-Feb, London, BM, Arctic: culture and climate
- Acquisition date
- 1939
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Am1939,12.1