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Awl

Datec. 1890
Object PlaceWisconsin, United States, North America
MediumDeer antler, iron
ClassificationsTools and Implements
Dimensions5 3/4 inches (14.6 cm)
Credit LineFounders Society Purchase
Object number81.279
DescriptionAwl with short, circular-sectioned iron point and deer antler handle. Handle has three grooved bands around the proximal collar and a distal finial carved as a human hand grasping s cylindrical bar.
On View
On view
Collections
  • Native American Minds of Colonial America Copy
Locations
  • Exhibition   Demo Museum (Hanover Square), Wing A, The Americas, Gallery 1
ProvenanceFormerly in the collection of: M. G. Chandler Collected by M. G. Chandler at Oreille, Wisconsin.
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