Bow Drill
2003-43-245
From: Siberia | Amur River
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 2003-43-245 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Siberia | Amur River |
| Culture Area | Siberia |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Wood | Metal | Sinew |
| Technique | Carved |
| Description | Drill consisting of iron bit inserted into a long wooden handle carved from 2 pieces of wood; a cylindrical piece of wood fits over top end of handle, has incised groove around which sinew is tied; the entire piece rotates; 2 square holes are carved at the base of the drill handle. |
| Credit Line | Gift of the Philadelphia Commercial Museum (also known as the Philadelphia Civic Center Museum), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2003 |
| Other Number | 1899.1.245 - Other Number | 74-1-71 - Other Number |
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