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Description: | closed U-shape, groove along flat face, curved surface decorated with alternate line and dots
"The Inuit of Arctic America used all their limited natural resources to provide food, shelter and equipment to allow them to survive in the extreme conditions of the area. They used all types of skins from their prey animals for clothing, kayaks and equipment, sewing them with bone or ivory needles and thread of sinew. They were very accomplished at needlework and produced fine craftwork as well as strong and functional utilitarian objects. This is a semi-cylindrical needle-case, carved and hollowed from a piece of a long bone. One side is flattened, and it is decorated with a typical Inuit pattern of incised alternating lines and dots, infilled with dark material. This needle-case was carried by a woman, hanging from a thong around her neck, although the attachment is now broken. A hunter would also carry a needle-case as part of his hunting equipment. Needles were valuable, both because they were a necessary piece of equipment in an emergency, and because they took time to make. They needed to be kept safe and readily available. This needle-case comes from Chesterfield Inlet,Hudson Bay, Canada and probably dates from the late 19th century."
Author: Feilden,Rosemary Date: 2000 Purpose: SCRAN
Acquisition source: Mitchell, W R Captain | License: | http://www.abdn.ac.uk/historic/Copyright_terms_conditions.shtml | Publisher: | ABDUA University of Aberdeen, Marischal Museum | Rights holder: | 47718 | Temporal: | 1850-1925 | Source: | University of Aberdeen | Creator: | Inuit | Identifier: | http://calms.abdn.ac.uk/Geology/dserve.e... | Go to resource |
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