Bone Awl
George John, Tutchone / Canadian, 20th century
Tutchone
Dene (Athabascan)
First Nation
Subarctic
collected 1948
Moose bone (carpal)
Overall: 8 7/16 in. (21.5 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Museum Purchase
48.50.10975
Geography
Place Made: Burwash Landing, Canada, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Tools and Equipment
Research Area
Native American
Native American: Subarctic
Not on view
Publication History
Elmer Harp, Jr., North to the Yukon Territory via the Alcan Highway in 1948: Field Notes of The Andover-Harvard Expedition, Occasional Papers in Archaeology No. 14.
Provenance
Puchased for the Dartmouth College Museum by Elmer Harp, Jr. (1913-2009), during the 1948 Andover-Harvard Yukon Expedition, from George John, Ptarmigan Heart Valley, Yukon Territory, 1948.
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