Object Details
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; purchased by MAI in 1923 from an unknown source using funds donated by Thea (Mrs. George) Heye.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Niuam (Comanche)
- Presenter/funding source
- Thea Heye (Thea Kowne/Mrs. Dorothea Page/Mrs. George Gustav Heye), Non-Indian, 1888-1935
- Object Name
- Awl case
- Media/Materials
- Hide, glass bead/beads
- Techniques
- Bead-wrapped , lazy/lane stitch beadwork
- Object Type
- Sewing Tools and Equipment
