Drill cap

Museum number:
2-45386
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020045386
Accession number:
Acc.2747
Description:
Oblong piece of ivory tapered at one end hole bored in flattened base.
Donor:
Harold J. Murphy
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Harold J. Murphy
Collection date:
1945-1971
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.9 Multiple Utility
Accession date:
1971
Context of use:
To be used with drill.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 10.7 centimeters
Comment:
References: Nelson Pl. XXXVII#29, 30.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Drill cap, accession number 2-45386, described as Oblong piece of ivory tapered at one end hole bored in flattened base.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Drill cap, accession number 2-45386, described as Oblong piece of ivory tapered at one end hole bored in flattened base.

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