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Awl of deer bone. Used in basketry and for sewing, etc.
Awl of deer bone. Used in basketry and for sewing, etc.
Object Number 15-36-10/86361
Display Title Awl of deer bone. Used in basketry and for sewing, etc.
Descriptions
Object Description Awl of deer bone. Used in basketry and for sewing, etc.
Inventory Description Awl, carved bone, tapered at one end, phalange at other, flat on one side.
Classification
  • Awl
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1915
Culture
  • Thompson
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / British Columbia
Materials Bone
Dimensions Overall: 15.4 x 2.5 x 1.7 cm (6 1/16 x 1 x 11/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 86361
Credit Line Museum Purchase, Huntington Frothingham Wolcott Fund, 1915
Provenance
Seller James A. Teit (?)
Collector James A. Teit

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