Awl/perforator
- Date created
- AD 1350–1550 (Late Woodland period)
- Culture/People
- probably St. Lawrence Iroquoian (archaeological culture) (attributed)
- Previous owner
- Mrs. Star Thompson, Non-Indian
- Donor
- Mrs. Star Thompson, Non-Indian
- Expedition
- Samuel Riker, Jr. New York State Expedition (1919)
- Expedition leader
- Alanson B. Skinner (A. B. Skinner/Alanson Buck Skinner), Non-Indian, 1886-1925
- Expedition sponsor
- Samuel Riker, Jr., Non-Indian, 1868-1936
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Mrs. Star Thompson (of Watertown, New York); donated to MAI by Mrs. Thompson in 1919 during the Samuel Riker, Jr. New York State Expedition, led by Alanson B. Skinner (1886-1925, MAI staff member) and sponsored by MAI and MAI trustee Samuel Riker, Jr. (1868-1936).
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- Place
- Near Watertown; Rutland Hollow; Jefferson County; New York; USA
- See related items
- St. Lawrence Iroquoian (archaeological culture)
- Tools and Equipment (General)
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 9/3264
- Barcode
- 093264.000
- Object Type
- Tools and Equipment (General)
- Object Name
- Awl/perforator
- Media/Materials
- Animal Bone
- Techniques
- Carved
- Record ID
- NMAI_100523