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Awl with carved bone handle and steel point used in porcupine quill work
Image Not Available for Awl with carved bone handle and steel point used in porcupine quill work
Object Number 38-44-10/12904
Display Title Awl with carved bone handle and steel point used in porcupine quill work
Descriptions
Inventory Description Awl, steel point attached to a bone handle, carved and perforated
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
Materials Steel, Bone
Dimensions Overall: 10.4 x 2 x 1.4 cm (4 1/8 x 13/16 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 38-44-10/12904
Provenance
Collector Dr. Theodore Jewett Eastman (4/26/1916)
Donor Mrs. Henry H. Richardson (1938)

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