Awl
70-9-503
From: Canada | Quebec (uncertain) | Newfoundland (uncertain)
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 70-9-503 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Naskapi |
| Provenience | Canada | Quebec (uncertain) | Newfoundland (uncertain) |
| Culture Area | Subarctic Culture Area |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Caribou Bone |
| Description | Caribou long bone sharpened to a point at one end. Used to maintain the size of the mesh while weaving snowshoe webbing. |
| Length | 21 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Samuel Pennypacker, 1970 |
| Other Number | NA1717 - Collector Number |
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