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Image Not Available for Bone awl
Bone awl
Image Not Available for Bone awl
Object Number 37-111-10/12153
Display Title Bone awl
Descriptions
Inventory Description Bone fragment
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Pueblo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Arizona / Navajo County / Hopi Reservation / Antelope Mesa / Awatovi
Locality
Localities / <North America> / <United States> / <Reservations> / Hopi Reservation
Intrasite Room 618, 100-150 cm.
Additional Geographic Terms Antelope Mesa
Quantity 1
Provenance
Provenance Dr. John Otis Brew (1937)
Provenance Peabody Museum Expedition (1937)
Agency Control Bureau of Indian Affairs

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PrimaryMedia Object Number Title Classification Geography/Provenience
Image Not Available for Awl, cast of bone awl
56-11-50/9800 Awl, cast of bone awl
Cast
Egypt
Worked bone, including bone matting needle fragment with perforation through shaft, bone points, bone awl fragments, bones with cut marks, and possible antler fragment
19-22-10/92761 Worked bone, including bone matting needle fragment with perforation through shaft, bone points, bone awl fragments, bones with cut marks, and possible antler fragment
Needle
Utilized bone
Perforator
Point
Shell heap
Sack 97. Top row: bone awl. 2nd: obsidian points and bone awl. 3rd: gr. cover & rim & coffee beam. 4th: black on white (2)
2005.3.206.14 Sack 97. Top row: bone awl. 2nd: obsidian points and bone awl. 3rd: gr. cover & rim & coffee beam. 4th: black on white (2)
Marysvale
Image Not Available for Bone tool (3 awls) and bone fragment (worked)
29-20-10/97603 Bone tool (3 awls) and bone fragment (worked)
Utilized bone
Hill Top Ruin
Awl, bone, fragment
47-13-50/7020 Awl, bone, fragment
Perforator
Jebel Moya
Fragments of bone awls
34-93-40/1106 Fragments of bone awls
Raw Material
Perforator
Homolka
Worked bone, bird bone awl fragments, handles and shafts
19-22-10/93224 Worked bone, bird bone awl fragments, handles and shafts
Perforator
Shell heap
Image Not Available for Cast of bone awl
56-11-50/9782 Cast of bone awl
Cast
Egypt
Assorted bone tools and fragments, spatulate object, awls, perferators
2002.1.1709 Assorted bone tools and fragments, spatulate object, awls, perferators
Raw Material
Shaft, modified
Homolka
Bone awl fragment
33-62-10/2286.1 Bone awl fragment
Utilized bone
Utah
Fragments of incised bone awls
50-56-10/32726 Fragments of incised bone awls
Utilized bone
Monhegan Island
Bone awls made from split bone
01-32-10/57115 Bone awls made from split bone
Point
Wetherill Mesa Pueblo; Mesa Tierra; LA 17220