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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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