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- OBJECT TYPE
- PEGGING/SHOULDERED/SQUARE
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1986.0857.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
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General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- IRON OR STEEL
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 14.0 cm
- Width
- 1.4 cm
- Height
- 1.4 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Industrial Technology
- Category
- Tools & equipment-trades
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
TO BORE HOLE IN SOLE & HEEL TO TAKE WOODEN PEGS INSERTED AS A MEANS OF ATTACHMENT, USUALLY AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO SEWING OR RIVETS. (SALAMAN, P.86) - Technical
-
AWLS ARE AMONG THE EARLIEST TOOLS USED BY MAN. THE FIRST WERE MADE OF STONE, BONE OR ANTLER AND WERE THEREFORE THICKER AND MORE CUMBERSOME. AWLS ARE USED IN A VARIETY OF LEATHERWORKING TRADES, AS WELL AS BY SAILMAKERS. (SALAMAN, P.83) - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- NONE
- Missing
- NONE, HOWEVER TIP IS BROKEN OFF.
- Finish
- Unknown
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Awl, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1986.0857, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1986.0857.001/
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