Anthropomorphic needle case ·  Alaska - Grönland, Thule · ID: 3040283

Description

walrus ivory, brown patina, hollowed corpus, missing parts (head, left arm);
needles were usually made of split pieces of birds long bones, which provided hard yet flexible material. Needle cases were standard equipment for seamstresses, who spent much time producing carefully tailored fur garments.

The object Anthropomorphic needle case with the object ID 3040283 was last part of the auction 82nd Tribal Art Auction at February 27, 2016 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 100.

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Notices

This object is subject to CITES. Please note that it can only be sent within the European Union. At the present time export in third countries is prohibited, respectively, export licenses in third countries for objects containing or made of protected materials are only granted under stringent conditions.