Man's needle case

Image by Musée départmental de Solutré
Hunters carried cases filled with sewing needles on their belts; reindeer herders also carried them during migrations in the tundra.

Koryak.
Kamchatka Peninsula, 1897.

Walrus bone, reindeer skin.

Length 11.4 cm.

Coll. No. 4879-61.

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