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Photograph of the drill bow
Illustration of the drill bow    
Illustration of the drill bow    
The Iñupiat History of engraving Art of engraving
Drill bow
Place of origin: North Alaska (Kotzebue Sound?)
Date: c.1820s

Collected by Sir Edward Belcher, 1826-27; donated by Sir A.W. Franks, 1872

Registration number: AOA 8209

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