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.

L’objet Anthropomorphic needle case avec l’ID d’objet 3040283 a fait partie de l’enchère 82nd Tribal Art Auction en 27 février 2016 pour la dernière fois le Zemanek-Münster Hôtel des ventes et avait le numéro de lot 100.

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Remarques

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.