Bone-handled awl with ivory shaft and point
Greenland tool
2 x 3 1/4 x 3/4 in. (5 x 8 x 2 cm)Inuit (aka Eskimo, Inuk)
Object Type:
tool
Creation Places:
North America, Greenland, Northwest Greenland
Medium and Support:
ivory on bone
Credit Line:
Gift of Miriam MacMillan
Accession Number:
1976.1.3
An awl was used to pierce fur, skin, or hide for stitching.
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- Gallery C 1967-1998 , 1/1/1967 - 7/1/1998
- This Extraordinary Paradise: Living in Northwest Greenland , 10/19/2005 - 10/14/2007
- Northward Over the Great Ice The Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum , 4/17/2008 - 9/5/2010
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