Drill

Museum number:
2-4106
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020004106
Alternate number:
x-252 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Handles and leather string. Rawhide thong. Bear tooth handles. Second original no.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Cavia, Seward Peninsula, Nome Borough
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Seward Peninsula; Cavia
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Rudolph Neumann
Collection date:
1898
Materials:
Leather
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Drills (stone tools)
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits and 1.9 Multiple Utility
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
to drill holes in bone,ivory, antler or wood or to start a fire.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
10 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Drill, accession number 2-4106, described as Handles and leather string. Rawhide thong. Bear tooth handles. Second original no.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Drill, accession number 2-4106, described as Handles and leather string. Rawhide thong. Bear tooth handles. Second original no.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Drill, accession number 2-4106, described as Handles and leather string. Rawhide thong. Bear tooth handles. Second original no.

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