Scraper and awl
|
Call Number |
CHS-X20036 |
|
Title |
Scraper and awl |
|
Summary |
A Native American (Sioux) scraper tool made from elk horn and a steel blade. The scraper has a natural color, dots and lines carved into the handle portion, hollow depression and there is a thong piece of buckskin wrapped around the blade. This scraper was used by Mrs. Red Elk, a Brule Sioux, living at Soldier's Creek Camp on the Rosebud Reservation. Also a Native American (Arapaho) rawhide awl case. It is decorated with multicolor beadwork, quillwork and tin jinglers. The date range for the awl case is 1865 to 1880. |
|
Date |
[between 1860 and 1900] |
|
Notes |
Accession ID: E.1767; Accession ID: E.1992; History Colorado.; Curatorial note supplied by History Colorado referring to scraper: "belonged to Mrs. Red Elk, Brule Sioux, living at Soldier's Creek Camp, Rosebud Reservation. She was 67 years of age in 1949."; Object ID: E.1767.1; Object ID: E.1992.8; Scanned image from loaned transparency including Object ID.; Title supplied.; R7200200369 |
|
Physical Description |
1 scraper : elk horn and steel ; 31 x 13 x 5 cm. (12 x 5 x 2 in.) + awl case (20 x 7 cm. (8 x 3 in.)) |
|
Is Part Of |
History Colorado, Department of Material Culture |
|
Subject |
Arapaho Indians--Arts & crafts--1860-1880.
Dakota Indians--Arts & crafts--1880-1900.
Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1880-1900.
Scrapers (tools)--1880-1900.
Cases (containers)--1860-1880. |
|
Rights |
Copyright restrictions apply to the use of this image. For more information or to obtain a photographic reproduction of this image, contact History Colorado: http://www.historycolorado.org/researchers/reproduction-commercial-use-fees |
|
Reproduction Available for Purchase |
Yes |
|
Type of Material |
Imaged. |
|
Format-Medium |
Historical object |
|
Identifier |
E.1767; E.1767.1; E.1992; E.1992.8 |
|
Filename |
20020036.TIF |
|
CONTENTdm number |
2958 |
Add tags for Scraper and awl
you wish to report:
...
