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Bone Awl (FOUS 432) - Public Domain image, National Parks Gallery
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 ... More
Copper Kettle (FOUS 98273) - Public Domain image, National Parks Galle...
Repurposing metal objects into new and useful items was a common practice among the different Northern Plains tribes that traded at Fort Union. This metal kettle bottom appears to have a section of it cut out a... More
Copper Kettle (FOUS 98273) - Public Domain image, National Parks Galle...
Repurposing metal objects into new and useful items was a common practice among the different Northern Plains tribes that traded at Fort Union. This metal kettle bottom appears to have a section of it cut out a... More