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Bow drill drill
Object Number 21-14-10/97877
Display Title Bow drill drill
Descriptions
Inventory Description Drill, metal bit, bone shaft hafted to wood handle, lashed with sinew
Classification
  • Drill
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Copper Eskimo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / Nunavut
Additional Geographic Terms Coppermine River and King Williams Island, between
Materials Bark
Dimensions Overall: 23.7 x 1.2 x 1.2 cm (9 5/16 x 1/2 x 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 97877
Provenance
Collector Alfred H. Anderson (1920-1921)
Seller Unknown (1921)

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