Bone needle

Made:
1890-1920 in Alaska and Canada
Bone needle, possibly amuletic, reputedly Eskimo Bone needle, possibly amuletic, reputedly Eskimo

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Bone needle, possibly amuletic, reputedly Eskimo
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Bone needle, possibly amuletic, reputedly Eskimo
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Bone needle, possibly amuletic, reputedly Eskimo, Alaska or Canadian Arctic, 1890-1920

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A650930
Materials:
bone, sea mammal
type:
needles