Awl and case

Museum number:
2-30815a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210230815a@2cb
Accession number:
Acc.1267
Description:
Case: Rawhide, decorated with fringes, quilling and beading. Awl: wood, smoothed and pointed.
Donor:
Mrs. Robert H. Lowie
Collection place:
Great Plains, North America
Verbatim coll. place:
; Great Plains
Culture or time period:
Crow and Hidatsa
Collector:
Robert Harry Lowie
Collection date:
1969
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Awls
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Accession date:
1959
Context of use:
Awl for piercing.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 22 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Awl and case, accession number 2-30815a,b, described as Case: Rawhide, decorated with fringes, quilling and beading. Awl: wood, smoothed and pointed.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Awl and case, accession number 2-30815a,b, described as Case: Rawhide, decorated with fringes, quilling and beading. Awl: wood, smoothed and pointed.

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