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Ivory drill bow
Object Number 98-18-10/52135
Display Title Ivory drill bow
Descriptions
Inventory Description Drill bow, ivory, perforated at ends. twisted leather cord
Classification
  • Drill
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Sinrarmiut
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska / Nome Census Area
Additional Geographic Terms Port Clarence, Vicinity of
Materials Ivory, Leather
Dimensions Overall: 37.2 x 1.1 x 1 cm (14 5/8 x 7/16 x 3/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 52135
Provenance
Collector Capt. Miner Bruce (?)
Donor Capt. Miner Bruce (1898)

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