Drill Item Number: A2.626 from the MOA: University of British Columbia

Description

Rounded wooden shaft - two sides flattened with hole drilled through toward butt end. The point appears to be the corner of a file embedded in the end of the shaft and held with a nail and bound with hide stripping.

Narrative

According to the old Museum ledger, Ian M. Mackinnon presented Frank Burnett with this collection of Inuit objects. They were said to have been collected during his years traveling to the Coppermine area, c. 1921-24.