Sewing awl used by sail maker. Oblong piece of wood with large hole near center, one end tapered and damaged, point missing.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Rudolph Neumann
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Awls
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
Probably sail-maker's sewing awl in imitation of European type for post-contact fabrik "Umiak: sail. Not arrow straightener because of material and shape.