Bone Awl (FOUS 24755) - Public Domain image, National Parks Gallery

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Bone Awl (FOUS 24755) - Public Domain image, National Parks Gallery

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Summary

This awl made from either mule or white-tailed deer bone would have been used to punch holes into different hides. American Indian women would then sew hides together with dried sinew, or tendon, the tissue that connects muscles to bone.

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Date

1916 - 2020

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National Parks Gallery

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https://npgallery.nps.gov/

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Public Domain Dedication