bone awl

bone awl

bone awl

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Introduction

Bone awl. Label notes that it is a "horse 4th left metatarsal bone." Dr. Oronhyatekha Archeology collection.

Materials

Label says "horse 4th left metatarsal bone"

Dimensions: 17 × 0 × 0 cm
Condition: very good condition, very sharp.
Current Location: Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, ON, Canada
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: 911.3.67
Date of Acquisition by the Institution: 1911
Who the Institution Acquired the Relative or Heritage Item From: Independent Order of Foresters
Publication History

F. Barlow Cumberland, Catalogue and Notes of the Oronhyatekha Historical Collection (Toronto: Independent Order of Foresters, 1904),p 52, "Indian Bone Awls (eleven)."

GKS Reference Number: 783
How to Cite this Item

Unknown artist, bone awl. Currently in the Royal Ontario Museum, 911.3.67. Item photographed and described as part of a GRASAC research trip December 2008; GRASAC item id 783.

Approximate Place of Origin

43.0703, -80.1184

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