| Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0620 |
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| Category |
Bead & Leatherwork |
| Object Name |
Awl case |
| Culture |
Southern Plains, Apache (?) |
| Global Region |
North America |
| Country |
USA |
| State/Prov./Dist. |
unknown |
| County |
|
| Other Geographic
Data |
West-central Plains area |
| Maker's Name |
Unknown |
| Date of Manufacture |
1900s |
| Collection Name |
Elkus Collection (Native American) |
| Materials |
Tanned hide; Glass beads; Metal: Tin; Thread |
| Description |
Long narrow awl case constructed from two pieces of tanned hide sewn together along sides and bottom with thread; Hide lace handle at top; Top is edge beaded in white and red; Top third decoration of alternating rows of geometric lazy stitch beading and undecorated hide; Hide fringe tipped with tin cones below beaded rows; Middle third design consists of lazy stitch beaded pattern of red triangles against a yellow background; Bottom third is unbeaded and has two rows of hide fringe tipped with tin cones. |
| Dimensions (cm) |
Width = 6.3, Thickness = 0.9, Length = 33.5 |