Bow Drill

41439

From: Alaska | Nuwuk | Point Barrow Region

Curatorial Section: American

Native Name Pe-Sik-Se-Rak
Object Number 41439
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Eskimo
Provenience Alaska | Nuwuk | Point Barrow Region
Culture Area Arctic Culture Area
Section American
Materials Walrus Ivory
Description

Bow-drill bow. Pe-sik-rak. Plain walrus ivory. For working bone, ivory and stone. Curved: drilled at each end. Ornamented one-third way from one end by row of three circle-and-dot.

Length 36.83 cm
Credit Line E. A. McIlhenny Expedition to Point Barrow, 1899
Other Number 180 - Field No SF

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