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Object Number
21-14-10/97878
Display Title
Bow drill drill
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Drill, copper 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
Wood, Bone, Copper, Sinew
Dimensions
Overall: 24.1 x 1.3 x 1.1 cm (9 1/2 x 1/2 x 7/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
97878
Provenance
Collector
Alfred H. Anderson
(1920-1921)
Donor
Alfred H. Anderson
(1921)
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