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Object Number 82-45-10/27504
Display Title Steel awl, wooden handle
Descriptions
Inventory Description Awl, carved wood handle, tapered metal awl inserted at end
Classification
  • Textileworking
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Sioux?
  • Mandan?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / North Dakota / Mountrail County / Fort Berthold Reservation
North America / United States / North Dakota / Mercer County / Fort Berthold Reservation
North America / United States / North Dakota / Dunn County / Fort Berthold Reservation
Additional Geographic Terms Dakota Territory
Materials Wood, Metal
Dimensions Overall: 10.1 x 1.4 x 1.3 cm (4 x 9/16 x 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 27504
Provenance
Collector Alice C. Fletcher (1882 - 1882)
Donor Alice C. Fletcher (1882 - 1882)

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