Culture/People:

Kalaallit [Greenland]  Search this

Lender:

Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University)  Search this

Expedition:

Peary Relief Expedition (1892)  Search this

Expedition leader:

Angelo Heilprin, Non-Indian, 1853-1907  Search this

Object Name:

Bow drill

Media/Materials:

Animal Bone, hide

Techniques:

Perforated

Object Type:

Tools and Equipment (General)

Place:

Netlek (Netchiolumi/Netiulumi); Qaanaaq Municipality (Thule, Qaanaap); Avannaa (North Greenland); Greenland (Kalaallit Nunaat)

Geographical Areas:

Eastern Arctic

Collection History:

Collected in 1892 by members of the Peary Relief Expedition, led by Arctic explorer Angelo Heilprin (1853-1907) and sponsored by the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia; lent to MAI by the Academy of Natural Sciences in 1929.

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Catalog Number:

16/7559

Barcode:

167559.000

See related items:

Kalaallit [Greenland]

Tools and Equipment (General)

Data Source:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6b12607b3-aa75-459b-b61a-882f310c3454

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:NMAI_179536