Awl
Usage Conditions Apply
- Culture/People
- Enxet (Lengua)
- Previous owner
- A. Hecht, Non-Indian
- William Ockleford Oldman (W.O. Oldman/William Ockelford Oldman), Non-Indian, 1879-1949
- Seller
- William Ockleford Oldman (W.O. Oldman/William Ockelford Oldman), Non-Indian, 1879-1949
- Presenter/funding source
- Harmon W. Hendricks (Harmon Washington Hendricks), Non-Indian, 1846-1928
- Object Name
- Awl
- Media/Materials
- Bird bone/bones
- Techniques
- Abraded
- Object Type
- Tools and Equipment (General)
- Place
- Chaco region; Paraguay
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; acquired by William Ockleford Oldman (1879-1949, who did business as "W.O. Oldman, Ethnographical Specimens, London") in 1905 from A. Hecht; purchased by MAI from W.O. Oldman in 1919 using funds donated by MAI trustee Harmon W. Hendricks (1846-1928).
- Catalog Number
- 8/8862
- Barcode
- 088862.000
- See related items
- Enxet (Lengua)
- Tools and Equipment (General)
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Contact Us
- Have a concern, a correction, or something to add? Contact us: https://nmai.si.edu/collections-statement