Awl case

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Object Details

Culture/People

Nakota (Yankton Sioux)

Previous owner

Charles W. Hutchinson (Charles Webster Hutchinson), Non-Indian, 1826-1896

Collection History

Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Charles W. Hutchinson (1826-1896, a Utica, New York, banker, railroad owner, and collector); purchased by MAI from an unknown source in 1930.

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Catalog Number

17/6035

Barcode

176035.000

Object Type

Sewing Tools and Equipment

Object Name

Awl case

Media/Materials

Glass bead/beads

Techniques

Bead-wrapped , lazy/lane stitch beadwork

Place

Plains; USA, Canada (inferred)

See related items

Nakota (Yankton Sioux)

Sewing Tools and Equipment

Data Source

National Museum of the American Indian

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6ee50e298-f157-49ba-87a2-302f572deae5

Record ID

NMAI_188506