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Artist/Maker
Unknown artist, Native American, Plains
Datedate unknown
MediumLeather, porcupine quill, feathers, tin cones, and glass beads
DimensionsOverall: 30 × 7/8 × 5/8 in. (76.2 × 2.2 × 1.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of James H. Glass, H1912; Transferred from the Knox Hall of Natural History, Hamilton College
Object number1984.535
Not on view
DescriptionBeaded awl case.
Collections
Additional Details
Provenance
1984: Hamilton College (Emerson Gallery), by transfer from the Anthropology Department;
by 1979 - 1984: Hamilton College (Anthropology Department), by transfer from the Knox Hall of Natural History;
c. 1881: Hamilton College (Knox Hall of Natural History), by gift of James H. Glass.
by 1979 - 1984: Hamilton College (Anthropology Department), by transfer from the Knox Hall of Natural History;
c. 1881: Hamilton College (Knox Hall of Natural History), by gift of James H. Glass.
Markings
Marked in ink on inside leather flap: NA Pl 6 / E 95 [with strike through]
Unknown artist, Native American, Plains
Date: c. 1875
Medium: Leather with glass beads, porcupine quill, dyed horsehair-filled tin cone dangles, and cotton cloth
Object number: 1984.540a-b
Unknown artist, Native American, Plains
Date: c. 1875
Medium: Leather with rawhide, glass beads, and tin cone dangles
Object number: 1984.542
Unknown artist, Native American, Plains
Date: c. 1875
Medium: Leather with sinew, porcupine quill, yarn, and glass beads
Object number: 1984.533
Unknown artist, Native American, Plains
Date: c. 1875
Medium: Leather with rawhide, glass beads, and sinew
Object number: 1984.543
Unknown artist, Native American, Plains
Date: c. 1875
Medium: Rawhide with brass tacks, glass seed beads, and red paint
Object number: 1984.541
Unknown artist, Native American, Plains
Date: c. 1875
Medium: Leather with glass beads, metal, and coin
Object number: 1984.538
Unknown artist, Native American, Plains
Date: c. 1875
Medium: Tanned leather, sinew, and glass beads
Object number: 1984.532
Unknown artist, Native American, Plains
Date: date unknown
Medium: Leather and glass beads
Object number: 1984.536
Unknown artist, Native American, Plains
Date: c. 1875
Medium: Leather with brass tacks, glass beads, sinew, and thread
Object number: 1984.539
Unknown artist, Native American, Plains
Date: c. 1875
Medium: Stone, wood, leather, and glass beads
Object number: 1984.544
Jeffrey Gibson
Date: 2015
Medium: Glass and plastic beads, tin cones, steel and brass studs, nylon fringe, and artificial sinew on repurposed wool army blanket, mounted on repurposed canvas punching bag with steel chain
Object number: 2016.5
Unknown artist, Native American, Plains
Date: date unknown
Medium: Leather; blue and white glass beads
Object number: 1984.537