Broken drill bit

Museum number:
5-11375
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050011375
Accession number:
Acc.2859
Object count:
2
Description:
Drill bit; iron; double edged; blade broken. Part of an alabaster vessel manufacturing set.
Donor:
John A. Graham, Robert Fleming Heizer, and Thomas Roy Hester
Collection place:
Sheik ab el Gurna, Thebes, Southern (Upper) Egypt
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Egypt; Sheik ab el Gurna
Materials:
Iron (metal)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bits (tool components) and Broken (damaged)
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Accession date:
1972
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Loans:
S1972-1973 #3: Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/Thomas Roy Hester (July 19, 1972–March 20, 1974) and S1974-1975 #13: Witte Memorial Museum (September 4, 1974–January 31, 1975)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Broken drill bit, accession number 5-11375, described as Drill bit; iron; double edged; blade broken. Part of an alabaster vessel manufacturing set.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Broken drill bit, accession number 5-11375, described as Drill bit; iron; double edged; blade broken. Part of an alabaster vessel manufacturing set.

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