TOOL: AWL, STRAIGHT, LIPFERT FAMILY

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Overview

Awl with bulbous, dark wooden handle and shark, stubby spike held by a brass strip clamped around front of handle.

These awls are used to prick holes in leather to facilitate stitching. Thought to have been used by Otto Lipfert whose hobbies included leatherworking. From the Lipfert home at 270 York Street.

Historical information

Three awls used to prick holes in leather to facilitate stitching. Thought to have been used by Otto Lipfert whose hobbies included leatherworking. From the Lipfert home at 270 York Street, Subiaco. W.A.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-43-1991.132.3

Item type

Objects

Material

Wood

Keywords

LIPFERT FAMILY

LIPFERT Family Collection

LIPFERT, Hermann Franz Otto

Leather