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Description: | Bow drill consisting of a bow cut from a walrus tusk, rectangular in section but pointed at one end with a mammal's head at the other, the eyes highlighted with inlaid blue beads. It is decorated on all four faces with engraved scenes of walrus, reindeer and other hunting scenes. The tail end has parallel grooves where the drill is circular in section. There are perforations at either end, with a length of twisted sinew cord forming the bow string. | Publisher: | http://www.horniman.ac.uk/ | Subjects: | sinew walrus ivory bow drills Chukchi stone Inupiat pigment | Source: | Horniman Museum | Identifier: | oai:oai.horniman.ac.uk:object-3807 |
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