Wooden awl, inside a beaded, lidded container. Long, rounded wood piece comes to a sharp point at bottom, flat on top end. Rawhide container (part c) holds awl in it's entirety, and includes an overlapping lid (part b) that is round at mouth, tapered at top.. Both are fully covered on exterior in blue glass beads with stripes of black and orange, with lid holding lines of pink along edges.

• Narrative

  Sandra Dent's grandfather (Gervase Edward Gale) was a missionary and principal of St. Paul's School at Cardston, Alberta, on the Blood Reserve, c. 1904-1910. Her grandmother, Hattie May is said to have collected the Blood (Kainai) objects in MOA accessions 3194 and 3239.

• Specific Techniques

  Beadwork done with a hidden stitch; wrapped around rawhide.

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• Type of Item awl
• Culture Kainai
• Material wood, glass, rawhide skin
• Measurements height 17.0 cm, diameter 2.0 cm (part a) height 3.5 cm, width 3.5 cm, depth 2.2 cm (part b)

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• Previous Owner Hattie May Gale, Sandra Dent
• Received from Sandra Dent

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• Made in Alberta
• Collected in Cardston

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• Creation Date before 1910
• Collection Date between 1904 and 1910
• Ownership Date before 1968, before May 2, 2017
• Acquisition Date on May 2, 2017

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• Item Classes beadwork
• Condition good
• Accession Number 3239/0008 a-c