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Object Number
93-14-10/49700
Display Title
Bow drill set, including drill with steel point and wooden shaft
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
Niortuut
Object Description
Bow-drill complete, including drill with steel point and wooden shaft
Inventory Description
Drill set, bone bow, rawhide string, broken, carved wood drill, metal bit, rawhi
Classification
- Drill
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Greenland Eskimo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
Greenland
Additional Geographic Terms
Arctic highlands
Materials
Bone , Bearded Seal skin , Wood , Metal
Dimensions
Overall: 46 x 2.3 x 2 cm (18 1/8 x 7/8 x 13/16 in.)
Quantity
2
Label on object
49700
Provenance
Provenance
Rear Admiral Robert E. Peary
(1892)
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