Awl

Museum number:
2-4169
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
x-315 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Awl or netting needle. Made of deerbone. Large hole at one end, sharpened point at other.
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:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
Used for tying and slipping meshes, and to change size of meshes in net making.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 24 centimeters
Comment:
Second Orig. No.: Neumann 418.
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Awl, accession number 2-4169, described as Awl or netting needle. Made of deerbone. Large hole at one end, sharpened point at other.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Awl, accession number 2-4169, described as Awl or netting needle. Made of deerbone. Large hole at one end, sharpened point at other.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Awl, accession number 2-4169, described as Awl or netting needle. Made of deerbone. Large hole at one end, sharpened point at other.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Awl, accession number 2-4169, described as Awl or netting needle. Made of deerbone. Large hole at one end, sharpened point at other.

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