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Object Number 88-51-10/50165
Display Title Drill cord with handles
Descriptions
Object Description Drill cord with handles
Inventory Description Drill cord, rawhide strap, attached to 2 bear tooth handles.
Classification
  • Woodworking
Department Ethnographic
Date 1800-1888
Culture
  • Unaliqmiut
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska / <County> / St. Michael
Additional Geographic Terms Norton Sound
Dimensions Overall: 85.8 x 9.8 x 2.9 cm (33 3/4 x 3 7/8 x 1 1/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 50165 & 336## & [green dot] & St. M
Provenance
Collector Edward William Nelson
Donor Smithsonian Institution (1888)

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