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Illustration of the drill bow
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Photograph of the drill bow    
Photograph of the drill bow    
The Iñupiat History of engraving Art of engraving
Drill bow
Place of origin: North Alaska (Bering Strait region)
Date: 18th century

Horniman Museum, formerly part of the British Museum collection; collected by Captain James Cook in 1778 or 1779

Registration number: Horniman Museum 27.4.61/32 3.2.11.B.1

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