These twelve bone awls were recovered from the Saxman site in Rice County and donated to the Kansas Historical Society in 2016. Awls such as these are usually made from deer bone. One awl is indeed made from the left ulna of a deer. They were used to make holes in soft material, like hides, and possibly in basket and pottery manufacturing. The Saxman site, a large Great Bend aspect village, was occupied by the ancestral Wichita peoples.