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Object Name	awl
Tribe	Omaha
Object Type	awl
Description	"Carved handle" [trapezoidal handle with incised and painted triangular designs]
Museum	British Museum, London, England
Catalog Number	Am.5211
Primary Material	antler, horn, or bone
Primary Decorative	carving/incising
Secondary Decorative	painting
Subject	household
Year of Coll/Manuf	1869b
Notes	"Collected by Omlauf; donated by Sir Augustus Wollaston Franks; curatorial comment: see Rayna Green (ed.) 'The British Museum Encyclopaedia of Native North American,' British Museum Press, 1999: 15"
UNL Curatorial Comments	Trapezoidal handle with incised and painted red and black triangles
Materials	horn (elk?" iron
Provenance	See notes
Collection	Omaha Indian Heritage Project