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Bow drill drill
Object Number 21-14-10/97879
Display Title Bow drill drill
Descriptions
Inventory Description Drill, metal bit, inserted into wood handle,section of bit wrapped 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, Metal, Sinew
Dimensions Overall: 19.3 x 1.2 x 1.2 cm (7 5/8 x 1/2 x 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 97879
Provenance
Collector Alfred H. Anderson (1920-1921)
Donor Alfred H. Anderson (1921)

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