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Awl or Needle Case
Object Number 74-18-10/7670
Display Title Awl or Needle Case
Descriptions
Inventory Description Awl case, beaded, striped designs, quill and tinkler extensions
Classification
  • Case
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Standing Rock Sioux
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / South Dakota
North America / United States / Wyoming
Additional Geographic Terms Missouri, Upper
Materials Leather, Glass, Metal tinkler, Porcupine quill
Dimensions Overall: 41 x 1.4 x 1 cm (16 1/8 x 9/16 x 3/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 7670
Provenance
Collector William A. Turner (1873 - 1874)

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