Awl
About this object
Narrative
Specific techniques
Beadwork done with a hidden stitch; wrapped around rawhide.
Physical description
Wooden awl, inside a beaded, lidded container. Long, rounded wood piece comes to a sharp point at bottom, flat on top end. Rawhide container (part c) holds awl in it's entirety, and includes an overlapping lid (part b) that is round at mouth, tapered at top.. Both are fully covered on exterior in blue glass beads with stripes of black and orange, with lid holding lines of pink along edges.
Categories
Materials
Date Made
Before 1910
Date Acquired
2 May 2017
How Acquired
Donated
Credit Line
Measurements
Part a: 17 cm x 2 cm
part b: 3.5 cm x 3.5 cm x 2.2 cm
Object Number
3239/8 a-c