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Drill
Object Number 17-17-10/87076
Display Title Drill
Descriptions
Indigenous Term Selem
Object Description Drill
Inventory Description Awl, metal blade, carved wood handle, splitting
Classification
  • Awl
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Kwakwaka'wakw
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / British Columbia / Turnour Island / Kalokwis
Additional Geographic Terms Beware Passage
Materials Metal, Wood
Dimensions Overall: 24.7 x 2.2 x 2 cm (9 3/4 x 7/8 x 13/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 17-17-10/87076
Provenance
Expedition Peabody Museum Expedition (1917)

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