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Leather pouch with beaded tree design in center and a beaded border around bag
Ella Fay Horse (nee Big Bow)
Leather pouch with beaded tree design in center and a beaded border around bag
Ella Fay Horse (nee Big Bow)
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Leather awl case with metal cones and beads / Unknown

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This awl case is distinctively Apache because of the way that it is constructed. Apache people used awls for basket making and hide working.

Tags: awl, case
People: Apache, probably western Apache
Places: Southwest
Purpose: domestic use

From interviews with Dr. Garrick Bailey, 2018-2020 University of Tulsa, Professor Emeritus of Anthropology

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Title(s): 
Leather awl case with metal cones and beads
Creator(s): 
Unknown
Culture: 
Native American; Apache, possibly Chiricahua (artist and user)
Date: 
20th century
Materials/Techniques: 
hide, glass, metal
Classification: 
Ethnographic Objects
Object Type: 
Awl Case
Credit Line: 
From the Olaf Wieghorst Studio Collection. Gift of Mrs. Olaf Wieghorst
Accession No: 
84.2383
Previous Number(s): 
8436.2383
Department: 
Anthropology
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