Awl Case

NA8403

From: North America

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number NA8403
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Apache
Provenience North America
Culture Area Southwest Culture Area
Section American
Materials Beads | Hide | Quill | Metal | Hair
Description

Cylindrical, leather case for an awl. Beaded designs of horizontal bands of white, green, red, and blue. Closure flap over the opening is decorated with green beads and a red square enclosed in a white square repeated at both ends of the flap. Closure flap has dyed, blue hair and tinklers at the end. Two tassels near the opening have large, red beads. Two tassels at the bottom are made of leather wrapped with dyed, red quillwork and terminate in dyed, red hair and tinklers.

Length 31 cm
Width 1.8 cm
Credit Line Gift of William K. Jewett, 1918
Other Number 23 - Collector Number

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