Awl

Museum number:
5-6736
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050006736
Accession number:
Acc.2307
Description:
Iron awl; eye in one end, other end pointed; l. 7.7 cm.
Donor:
Mary Jean Aerni and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Mbarara, Uganda
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Uganda; Mbarara; Hima (Murdock 45)
Culture or time period:
Hima
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Awls
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Accession date:
1967
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Awl, accession number 5-6736, described as Iron awl; eye in one end, other end pointed; l. 7.7 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Awl, accession number 5-6736, described as Iron awl; eye in one end, other end pointed; l. 7.7 cm.

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