Awl

Museum number:
2-4168
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020004168
Alternate number:
x-314 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Awl or netting needle. Large hole at one end, sharpened point at other. Made of deerbone.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Pastolik, Wade Hampton Borough, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Pastolik
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Rudolph Neumann
Collection date:
1898
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Awls
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
Used for tying and slipping meshes while making nets; also to change mesh size.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 19.3 centimeters
Comment:
Second Orig. No.: Neumann 418.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Awl, accession number 2-4168, described as Awl or netting needle. Large hole at one end, sharpened point at other. Made of deerbone.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Awl, accession number 2-4168, described as Awl or netting needle. Large hole at one end, sharpened point at other. Made of deerbone.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Awl, accession number 2-4168, described as Awl or netting needle. Large hole at one end, sharpened point at other. Made of deerbone.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Awl, accession number 2-4168, described as Awl or netting needle. Large hole at one end, sharpened point at other. Made of deerbone.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Awl, accession number 2-4168, described as Awl or netting needle. Large hole at one end, sharpened point at other. Made of deerbone.

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