Awl Fragment
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Awl Fragment
Bone
1 15/16 x 1/4 x 5/16 in. (5 x 0.6 x 0.8 cm)
Bryn Mawr College
Accession Number:
64.6.14
Acquisition Date:
1964 or earlier
Geography:
North and Central America, United States, Maine, Penobscott Bay
Classification:
Tools and Equipment; Arts and Crafts Tools
Culture/Nationality:
Native American
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- awls - Sharp metal points with wood handles; used to make small holes in wood or leather.
- Native American - Typically reserved to refer narrowly to the cultures of the native peoples of the United States and Canada, excluding the Eskimos and Aleuts. For the indigenous peoples of Canada use the term "First Nations." For the broader concept of the cultures of any native peoples of Central America, South America, North America, or the West Indies who are considered to belong to the Mongoloid division of the human species, use "Amerindian (culture)."
- North American - Refers to the cultures of the continent of North America, which is bounded by the Atlantic Ocean, the Pacific Ocean, the Arctic Circle, and Central America. In classifications schemes based on physical geography, Central America, and North America are parts of the same continent.
- northeast - The compass point lying midway between north and east.
- tools - Objects, especially those hand-held, for performing or facilitating mechanical operations.
- tooth - Material made from hard, bone-like structures grown in the mouth of vertebrates; distinguishable from other bone by its structure. Animal teeth, such as from hippopotami, whales, lions, dogs, boars, bears, and humans have been used to make jewelry, gaming pieces, buttons, and and other items.
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