Awl
46-6-100
Location: On Display in the Native North America Gallery
From: United States of America | North Carolina | Big Cove
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 46-6-100 |
| Current Location | Native North America Gallery - On Display |
| Culture | Cherokee | Big Cove Band |
| Provenience | United States of America | North Carolina | Big Cove |
| Culture Area | Southeast Culture Area |
| Date Made | December 1944 |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Wood | Metal |
| Description | Nail inserted in wooden handle; corn-cob sheath. "Awl for piercing leather. Handle is marked by knife-cuts where leather thongs have been cut against it ... From Will West Long, Big Cove Community, December 1944. Used in making moccasins, harness, etc." |
| Length | 10 cm |
| Width | 2.06 cm |
| Depth | 1.75 cm |
| Credit Line | Cherokee Expedition; Frank G. Speck and John G. Witthoft, 1946 |
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