- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Pump drill with flint point [.1 = drill, .2 = crossbar].
- Person
- Field collector Richard Blundell Comins
- Field collector Melanesian Mission
- PRM source R.B. Comins
- PRM source Richard Blundell Comins
- PRM source Robert Henry Codrington
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1897
- Date collected
- By 1897
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1897
- Materials and processes
- Material Flint Stone, Material Wood Plant, Material String Plant, Process Carved, Process Bound, Process Tied
- Dimensions
- Length: max 715 mm, Length: max 430 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1920.100.48.1 Accession number: 1920.100.48.2
Search terms: Tool, Pump Drill
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