Inuit sewing tools

Object/Artifact

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Name/Title

Inuit sewing tools

Entry/Object ID

2020.136

Description

Set of 7 sewing tools, varying in size and purpose, carved from bone.

Category

Tools

Made/Created

Artist

Unknown maker

Time Period

Unknown

Place

Country

Greenland

Continent

North America, Europe

Notes

Form the Canadian Arctic/coastal areas of Greenland.

Ethnography

Culture/Tribe

Inuit
First Nation, Native American

Lexicon

Getty AAT

Concept

sewing tools

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Case

Height

2 cm

Width

16 cm

Depth

21 cm

Dimension Description

Individual tools vary

Parts

Count

7

Parts

Seven sewing tools.

Materials

Material

Bone, Leather

Material Notes

Hand carved.

Color

Brown, White, Black

Location

Box

Box 79

Cabinet

Object Cabinet

Room

Studio

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