Bone Awl (FOUS 432) - Public Domain image, National Parks Gallery
Summary
Before metal awls became available at Fort Union, women from the Northern Plains tribes often relied on bone awls to make holes in thick animal hides. What animal bones did they use? Buffalo, deer, and elk are but a few. To make the largest tepees, women had to stitch together as many as 20 dressed buffalo robes.
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Date
1916 - 2020
Source
National Parks Gallery
Copyright info
Public Domain Dedication