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Bone Awls
Without a means of sewing, tailored clothes would not
be possible. Leather is tougher than cloth, and sewing it requires a heavy
duty implement such as an awl. Bone awls were made from either slivers of
tough long bone, ribs, or the ends of smaller foot bones.
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