Bow Drill

41445

From: Alaska | Utkiavin | Point Barrow Region

Curatorial Section: American

Native Name Ne-Awk-Too(D)
Object Number 41445
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Eskimo
Provenience Alaska | Utkiavin | Point Barrow Region
Culture Area Arctic Culture Area
Section American
Materials Wood | Bone | Metal
Description

Ne-awk-too(d), (whole drill). Wood haft, metal point, bone socket. Bone into which point is inserted is called Kam-e-ga. This is the old way of inserting points.

Credit Line E. A. McIlhenny Expedition to Point Barrow, 1899
Other Number 195 - Field No SF

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