Bow Drill
Item number A2.190 a-b from the MOA: University of British Columbia.
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Description
Plain bow drill. The bow (part a) is a long curved bone piece with a band of skin stretched across and going through a hole at each end of the curved piece and knotted. The antler drill (part b) has a cylindrical handle which has a section cut out at an angle near the bottom end and a rectangular metal point at the opposite end which has a hole through its end that is near the handle.
Narrative
Collected by Glyndwr Abraham while working as an R.C.M.P. officer between July 1929 and July 1959.
Item History
- Made in Gjoa Haven, Nunavut, Canada
- Collected during 1946
- Owned by Glyndwr Abraham before October 26, 1971
- Received from Glyndwr Abraham (Donor) on October 26, 1971
What
- Name
- Bow Drill
- Identification Number
- A2.190 a-b
- Type of Item
- drill
- Material
- bone, leather skin, steel metal and antler
- Manufacturing Technique
- carved, tied, drilled and polished
- Part A
- height 48.0 cm, width 2.9 cm, depth 12.5 cm
- Part B
- height 20.8 cm, diameter 1.8 cm
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Gjoa Haven, Nunavut, Canada
Who
- Culture
- Inuit: Netsilingmiut
- Previous Owner
- Glyndwr Abraham
- Received from
- Glyndwr Abraham (Donor)
When
- Collection Date
- during 1946
- Ownership Date
- before October 26, 1971
- Acquisition Date
- on October 26, 1971
Other
- Item Classes
- metalwork
- Condition
- fair
- Current Location
- Case 47
- Accession Number
- 0181/0066 a-b
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