Bone awl used in making baskets and in sewing. Made of deer (?) bone with sinew

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Object Number 76-20-10/9426

Display Title Bone awl used in making baskets and in sewing. Made of deer (?) bone with sinew

Descriptions

Object Description Bone awl used in making baskets and in sewing. Made of deer (?) bone with sinew

Inventory Description Awl

Classification

Department Ethnographic

Date c. 1875

Culture

Paiute

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

North America / United States / Utah

Additional Geographic Terms Utah, South

Materials Bone

Dimensions 15.5 cm (L) x 1 cm (W)

Provenance

Collector Dr. Edward Palmer (01/01/1875)

Expedition Peabody Museum Expedition (02/14/1876)

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Image Not Available for Metal objects among /Twikwe's possessions, including a nail-like piece of metal thrust into a stick used to sharpen knives, an awl for sewing, 2 pipes from cartridge shells, a fire-striker, a knife belonging to //Kwai≠kabe (her son), a piece of bone or duiker horn, an axe belonging to her husband, a metal piece he found which he will hammer into an implement, a metal pounding rod, and two scrapers made from an old knife blade, with a ruler for measurement	2001.29.27256	Metal objects among /Twikwe's possessions, including a nail-like piece of metal thrust into a stick used to sharpen knives, an awl for sewing, 2 pipes from cartridge shells, a fire-striker, a knife belonging to //Kwai≠kabe (her son), a piece of bone or duiker horn, an axe belonging to her husband, a metal piece he found which he will hammer into an implement, a metal pounding rod, and two scrapers made from an old knife blade, with a ruler for measurement		/Ai Ha !O Pan
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