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Engraved bow drill
Object Number 04-28-10/63546
Display Title Engraved bow drill
Descriptions
Inventory Description Carved ivory bow, scrimshaw scenes of everyday life, leather string
Classification
  • Raw Material
  • Tools
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Kuigpagmiut
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska
Additional Geographic Terms Bering Sea; Lower Yukon River
Materials Ivory, Leather
Dimensions Overall: 34 x 9.2 x 1.7 cm (13 3/8 x 3 5/8 x 11/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 04-28-10/63546
Provenance
Collector Rev. Charles Lemon Hall
Donor Department of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley (1904)

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