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Description: | Thong-drill. The friction pits open onto a ledge of the hearth. The hide thong has teeth for handles. Eskimo, Alaska.
Strap for a strap drill, consisting of a length of hide with two pieces of teeth attached which form the handlesor grips. One tooth is from a sperm whale, and the other is probably walrus. | Publisher: | http://www.horniman.ac.uk/ | Subjects: | sperm whale ivory strap drills walrus ivory hide tooth Inuit | Source: | Horniman Museum | Identifier: | oai:oai.horniman.ac.uk:object-72346 |
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