Fishing Needle

Canadian Inuit
Central Arctic
Arctic

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Traditional

Ivory, leather

Overall: 3 9/16 × 1/2 × 5/16 in. (9 × 1.3 × 0.8 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College

29.58.7935

Geography

Place Made: Canada, North America

Period

19th century

Object Name

Tools and Equipment: Hunting and Fishing

Research Area

Native American

Native American: Arctic-Central and Eastern

Not on view

Provenance

Source unknown; catalogued, 1929.

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