awl;awl
Object
- Accession Number
- OBJ_0026731
- Materials and Techniques
- wood
- pigment
- whole carved
- butt painted
- Place
- Western Arctic
- Canada
- North America
- Description
- This wooden tool was once used for piercing holes in animal skin. To sew a seam, a woman traditionally pierced both pieces of skin with an awl and then laced sinew thread through the holes.
This object is not on display. - Description
- This wooden tool was once used for piercing holes in animal skin. To sew a seam, a woman traditionally pierced both pieces of skin with an awl and then laced sinew thread through the holes.
This object is not on display. - See Elsewhere
- MDS record link
- Record Rights
- Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery
- CC 0
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