Small bronze awl from Marchhouse, Muirkirk, East Ayrshire

Bone awl, point missing, from Outerston Hill, Temple, Midlothian

Bone awl from Skara Brae

Awl made from a metapoidal bone, highly polished and decorated with incised chevrons, from Skara Brae, Orkney, 3100 - 2400 BC

Bone awl from Skara Brae

Awl or borer

Borer or awl made from a splinter of bone, from a souterrain at Galson, Lewis

Awl, from Wangen, Switzerland

Awl, from Robenhausen, Switzerland

Awl with a bronze blade and a handle in the form of a conoidal hardwood stock: Ancient Egyptian, Thebes, probably New Kingdom

Arrowhead or awl or bodkin of bone, possibly broken: Japan, Musashi province, Mitsusawa shell-mound, Stone Age

Arrowhead or awl or bodkin of bone, possibly broken: Japan, Musashi province, Mitsusawa shell-mound, Stone Age

Arrowhead or awl or bodkin of bone, possibly broken: Japan, Musashi province, Mitsusawa shell-mound, Stone Age

Arrowhead or awl or bodkin of bone, possibly broken: Japan, Musashi province, Mitsusawa shell-mound, Stone Age

Arrowhead or awl or bodkin of bone, possibly broken: Japan, Musashi province, Mitsusawa shell-mound, Stone Age

Arrowhead or awl or bodkin of bone, possibly broken: Japan, Musashi province, Mitsusawa shell-mound, Stone Age