bone awl

bone awl

bone awl

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Introduction

Bone awl. Dr. Oronhyatekha Archeology collection.

Materials

Bone

Techniques or Format

Has a bulb at one end - a feature of the bone?

Dimensions: 10.4 × 0 × 0 cm
Reasons for connecting this relative with particular times, materials, styles and uses

Published in F. Barlow Cumberland, Catalogue and Notes of the Oronhyatekha Historical Collection, 1904

Current Location: Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, ON, Canada
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: 911.3.61
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: 1361
How to Cite this Item

Unknown artist, bone awl. Currently in the Royal Ontario Museum, 911.3.61. Item photographed and described as part of a GRASAC research trip December 2008; GRASAC item id 1361.

Approximate Place of Origin

43.0703, -80.1184

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