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Pump drill
Object Number 05-7-10/64483
Display Title Pump drill
Descriptions
Object Description Pump drill
Inventory Description Drill, wood shaft and curved handle, leather disk with metal nails, cotton rope
Classification
  • Drill
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Pomo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / California
Materials Wood, Leather, Cotton cord, Metal
Dimensions Overall: 91 x 10 x 10 cm (35 13/16 x 3 15/16 x 3 15/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 64483
Provenance
Collector Grace A. Nicholson (Unknown)
Donor Mr. Lewis Hobart Farlow (01/01/1905)

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