Decorated Sewing Kit. In Bone Case: Ivory Needles, Leather Thimble And Braided Sinew.

A Decorated Sewing Kit Just Like A Woman In The Past Would Have. Box #: 18 Artifact: Tool Bone, Ivory, Leather, Sinew Where: Kugaaruk (Pelly Bay) Nunavut Date: 1999 Artist Name (English): Emily Illuitok 1943 - 2012 Artist Name (Inuktitut): None Signed: No Story: This Piece Was Given To Me By Emily When We Lived In Kugaaruk. This Sewing Kit Is What Every Women Carried With Them. The Braided Sinew Was Used As A String To Carry The Kit Around Their Neck While Traveling. But When They Need To Sew The Sinew Is Used For The Thread It Is All There And Handy. In The Kit Are Ivory Needles And A Leather Thimble.