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Illustration of the drill bow
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Photograph of the drill bow Photograph of the reverse of the drill bow  
Photograph of the drill bow Photograph of the reverse  
The Iñupiat History of engraving Art of engraving
Drill bow
Place of origin: North Alaska (Cape Nome)
Date: 19th century

Donated by Herbert Coleman, 1925

Registration number: AOA 1925,5-8.3

More about this object type and the motifs shown:
Drill bows
Caribou
Whales
Walrus
Birds
Dwellings
Sleds
Umiaqs
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