Awl
Ho-Chunk (Winnebago)
Great Lakes Woodlands
Woodlands
collected early 20th century
Steel point with deer horn handle
Overall: 5 3/8 × 5/8 in. (13.7 × 1.6 cm)
Overall: 7/8 in. (2.2 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Museum Purchase
56.14.13601
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Tools and Equipment: Sewing
Research Area
Native American
Native American: Woodlands
Not on view
Inscriptions
Steel point marked "Saxon", Handle marked: "1022 LVV"
Provenance
Collected by Albert Green Heath (1888-1953), from Brown Eagle, Black River Falls, Wisconsin, 1920; sold to Logan Museum of Anthropology, Beloit College, Beloit, Wisconsin, 1955; sold to present collection, 1956.
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