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1969.34.9

Bow drill, of ivory with a leather thong threaded through one end and decorated with incised designs. [SM 14/01/2008]

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1969.34.9

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Collection type
Object
Description
Bow drill, of ivory with a leather thong threaded through one end and decorated with incised designs. [SM 14/01/2008]
Long description
Bow drill, of ivory with a leather thong threaded through one end and decorated with incised designs. The other end of the thong is tied around the other end of the drill. The drill is decorated with two incised reindeer and incised lines and notches. [SM 15/01/2008]
Cultural groups
Inuit (Greenland)
Inuit
Person
Field collector Edward Belcher
Field collector HMS Blossom
PRM source Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1830, uncertain Date made: 1830, uncertain
Date collected
?On or before 1830
Acquisition information
Transferred: 1969
Materials and processes
Material Animal Ivory Tooth, Material Animal Leather Skin, Process Perforated, Process Incised, Process Carved
Dimensions
Length 330 mm, Width 10 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1969.34.9 Other numbers: 1927.6202

Search terms: Tool, Figure, Fire, Bow Drill, Animal Figure, Fire Accessory

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