Tool Item Number: A2.395 c from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Socket; plain bone from a caribou foot.
This would be used as the mouthpiece for a bow drill.
According to the old Museum ledger, Ian M. Mackinnon presented Frank Burnett with this collection of Inuit objects. They were collected during his three years of residence in the Coppermine River area, probably 1921-24.