Bone Awl

George John, Tutchone / Canadian, 20th century
Tutchone
Dene (Athabascan)
First Nation
Subarctic

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collected 1948

Moose bone (carpal)

Overall: 8 7/16 in. (21.5 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Museum Purchase

48.50.10975

Geography

Place Made: Burwash Landing, Canada, North America

Period

20th century

Object Name

Tools and Equipment

Research Area

Native American

Native American: Subarctic

Not on view

Publication History

Elmer Harp, Jr., North to the Yukon Territory via the Alcan Highway in 1948: Field Notes of The Andover-Harvard Expedition, Occasional Papers in Archaeology No. 14.

Provenance

Puchased for the Dartmouth College Museum by Elmer Harp, Jr. (1913-2009), during the 1948 Andover-Harvard Yukon Expedition, from George John, Ptarmigan Heart Valley, Yukon Territory, 1948.

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