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Drill bow
Object Number 21-14-10/97876
Display Title Drill bow
Descriptions
Object Description Drill bow
Inventory Description Drill bow, bone with leather string, broken, burnt, 1 separate leather piece
Classification
  • Woodworking
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Copper Eskimo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / Nunavut
Additional Geographic Terms Coppermine River and King Williams Island, between
Materials Bone, Leather
Dimensions Overall: 34 x 1.6 x 1.5 cm (13 3/8 x 5/8 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 97876
Provenance
Collector Alfred H. Anderson (1920-1921)
Seller Unknown (1921)

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