Awl Case

Sioux people, Plains region, Native American

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Black and white photograph with four Native American women, each with one fist raised, standing on boulders at water's edge.
Black and white photograph with six Native American people wearing regalia and face-coverings, standing apart on boulders, water in foreground.
Halibut hook (two part). The barb arm is of spruce with rusty iron barb. The carved arm is cottonwood representing "Hoosh-ta" the otter. The carving is recent, on an old piece of wood. The figure faces the barb, contrary to the usual practice - in part it seems the work of an amatuer.
Glossy blackware bowl with Avanyu (water serpent) in raised relief within deeply carved recessed band around bowl; tongue of water serpent in shape of zig-zag terminating in arrow. Areas of the recessed band around Avanyu in matte black.