Awl case
date: label: Date created
content: 1960-1980
name: label: Culture/People
content: Non-Indian
label: Previous owner
content: Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Department of the Interior (IACB), 1935-
notes: label: Collection History
content: Acquired by Indian Arts and Crafts Board representatives from an unknown source at an unknown date; part of the IACB Headquarters collection (Department of the Interior, Washington, DC) until 2000 when it was transferred to NMAI. In addition to collecting and encouraging Native arts, IACB also acquired items that exploited Native designs and used them in educational exhibits to demonstrate the differences between authentic Indian work and imitations.
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: USA
setName: label: See related items
content: Non-Indian
label: See related items
content: Sewing Tools and Equipment
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 26/702
label: Barcode
content: 260702.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Sewing Tools and Equipment
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Awl case
label: Media/Materials
content: Commercially tanned leather, glass bead/beads, thread
label: Techniques
content: Stitched, loom beadwork
label: Dimensions
content: 13.4 x 4.7 x 0.3 cm