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Object Number 98-18-10/52139
Display Title Bow drill, complete
Descriptions
Object Description Bow drill, drill only.
Inventory Description Drill, wood shaft with metal point, plain, shaft split at point end
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 Wood, Metal
Dimensions Overall: 25 x 1.8 x 1.8 cm (9 13/16 x 11/16 x 11/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 52139
Provenance
Collector Capt. Miner Bruce (?)
Donor Capt. Miner Bruce (1898)

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