Needle sharpening stone Item Number: A556395-0 from the National Museum of Natural History

Notes

In form of four-toed animal foot? Iron nail? at base end. Appears to be sharepning stone for bone needles. Dorset paleoeskimo. Found in collection.

Item History

What

Name
Needle sharpening stone
Identification Number
A556395-0
Type of Item
sharpening stone

Who

Culture
Eskimo and Canadian
Field Collector
Mr. Willie Knutsen

Where

Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
Made in
Labrador, Canada
Collected in
Labrador, Canada

When

Acquisition Date
on June 1, 1949

Other

Accession Number
183098