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Drill guide
Object Number 21-14-10/97880
Display Title Drill guide
Descriptions
Inventory Description Drill, copper bit hafted to bone shaft
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 Bone, Copper
Dimensions Overall: 17 x 0.9 x 0.8 cm (6 11/16 x 3/8 x 5/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 97880
Provenance
Collector Alfred H. Anderson (1920-1921)
Donor Alfred H. Anderson (1921)

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