Curved bow for a Bow Drill, with Carved Seal Heads and Polar Bears
Iñupiaq or Yup'ik
Western Arctic
Arctic
collected 1905
Walrus ivory
Overall: 16 9/16 × 9/16 in. (42 × 1.4 cm)
Overall: 3/8 in. (1 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Bequest of Frank C. and Clara G. Churchill
46.17.9596
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Object Name
Tools and Equipment
Research Area
Native American
Native American: Arctic-Western Arctic
Not on view
Inscriptions
Attached label: "Eskimo Bow-drill Alaska, 1905"
Provenance
Collected in Alaska by Clara G. Corser Turner Churchill (1851-1945) and Frank Carroll Churchill (1850-1912), Alaska, 1905; bequeathed to present collection, 1946.
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