Woman's Awl Item Number: E168366-0 from the National Museum of Natural History
Notes
FROM CARD: " 'WOMAN'S AWL'."List in accession file (this object is # 30 on list) identifies as "Woman's awl ... used in sewing skins, a sea lions penis bone. List in accession file does not attribute this object to the Chilkat, though the old tag with the artifact does.
Item History
- Made in Alaska, USA
- Collected by Lt. George T. Emmons in Alaska, USA
- Received from U. S. Department of the Navy on April 17, 1894
What
- Name
- Woman's Awl
- Identification Number
- E168366-0
- Type of Item
- awl
Who
- Culture
- Tlingit and Chilkat
- Field Collector
- Lt. George T. Emmons
- Received from
- U. S. Department of the Navy
Where
- Holding Institution
- National Museum of Natural History
- Made in
- Alaska, USA
- Collected in
- Alaska, USA
When
- Acquisition Date
- on April 17, 1894
Other
- Accession Number
- 028072