Awl Case
c. 1890
Maker Unknown
Art of the Americas
Awl Case, c. 1890. Native North America, Plains, Gaigwu (Kiowa). Native-tanned hide, glass beads, cotton thread; overall: 33.7 cm (13 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Katherine Allen Perry 1934.241 Plains women hung small bags often decorated with beads from their belts to keep their most important tools at hand.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Leather
- Formatted Medium
- Native-tanned hide, glass beads, cotton thread
- Dimensions
- Overall: 33.7 cm (13 1/4 in.)
- Departments
- Art of the Americas
- Accession Number
- 1934.241
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mrs. Katherine Allen Perry
- Exhibitions
- Gallery 231 - Native North American Textile Rotation, Native North America (Native North America rotation)
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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