Awl

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Culture/People: Iglulingmiut Inuit (Iglulirmiut)
Collector: Claude Vigneau, Non-Indian, 1881-1966
Previous owner: Claude Vigneau, Non-Indian, 1881-1966
Seller: Claude Vigneau, Non-Indian, 1881-1966
MAI agent: Dr. Frank G. Speck (Frank Gouldsmith Speck/F.G. Speck/FGS), Non-Indian, 1881-1950

Collection History: Collected in 1915 by Claude Vigneau (1881-1966), who served aboard the Arctic patrol ship "C.G.S. Arctic" from 1908 until at least 1923; purchased by MAI from Claude Vigneau in 1924 through anthropologist Frank G. Speck (1881-1950).
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Place: Pond Inlet (Ponds Inlet, Mittimatalik); Qikiqtaaluk Region (Qitirmiut, Baffin); Nunavut; Canada
Archipelago: Canadian Arctic Archipelago
Island Name: Baffin Island
Island Grouping: Baffin Island Group

See related items: Iglulingmiut Inuit (Iglulirmiut); Tools and Equipment (General)

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 12/7218
Barcode: 127218.000

Object Type: Tools and Equipment (General)

Object Name: Awl
Media/Materials: Ivory
Techniques: Carved

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws62e0e7ecd-1dc8-4e72-b021-81eba3fd469d

Record ID: NMAI_136868