Awls | American Southwest Virtual Museum Image Galleries

Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan

Description: Bone awls fashioned from animal long bones. Hundreds of similar awls, made largely from the leg bones of pronghorn antelope, were found in Wupatki Pueblo.

Collection: On display at Wupatki National Monument.

Awl, Close View

Deer Bone Awl, Alternate View

Polished Bone Awl

Polished Antler Awl

Split Mammal Bone Awl

Bird Bone Awl, Head Intact

Fine Tipped Mammal Bone Awl

Fine Tipped Mammal Bone Awl, Alternate View

Mammal Bone Awl

Well-used Mammal Bone Awl

Long Tipped Bone Awl

Broken Splinter Awl

Mammal Bone Splinter Awl

Rough Splinter Awl

Blunt Tipped Awl

Curved Splinter Awl

Bird Bone Awl Tip

Large Splinter Awl

Half-split Bone Awl

Beveled Splinter Awl

Two Awls from Room 4

Three Awls from Room 4

Awl and Weaving Tool

Six Awls from Room 7

Awl Made from an Ulna

Four Awls from Room 8

Ulna Awls from Room 8

Splinter Awl from Room 8

Four Awls from Room 10

Five Awls from Room 10

Two Awls from Room 10

Bird Bone Awl from Room 10

Bone Awl from Room 11

Awl from Room 21

Awls from the Refuse Mound

Mammal Bone Awl from the Refuse Mound

Weathered Bone Awl

Split Long Bone Awl

Bone Awl from Room 17

Bone Awl from Room 20

Bone Awl from Room 20, Alternate View

Bird Bone Awl from Room 20

Bone Finishing Needle

Close View of Bone Sewing Needle

Bone Sewing Tools

Bone Needle Threaded with Yucca

Information

Author: Dan Boone/Ryan Belnap, Bilby Research Center, Northern Arizona University

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