This image is released under a CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
Licence
License this image for commercial use at Science and Society Picture Library
LicenseThis image is released under a CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
Licence
License this image for commercial use at Science and Society Picture Library
License
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Bone needle, possibly amuletic, reputedly Eskimo
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Bone needle, possibly amuletic, reputedly made by Inuit peoples (originally recorded as '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
- Measurements:
-
length 299 mm
width 17 mm
thickness 7 mm
- type:
- needles
