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Bow drill with hide string and scrimshaw decoration / Arctic, Inuit

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Ivory bow with scrimshawed design. String is made of hide.

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Title(s): 
Bow drill with hide string and scrimshaw decoration
Culture: 
Arctic, Inuit
Date: 
1800s
Period: 
Historic
Place: 
Diomede Islands
Materials/Techniques: 
Ivory, Leather
Classification: 
Object Type: 
Accession No: 
83.1148
Department: 
Not On View

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