Name/Title
Drill, FireDescription
Bone fire/bow drill, curved rib is concave on underside and has a hole drill through one end, and three in other end. Whale rendering scene? incised and darkend on top side.
Helen N.P. Pardee Collection Catalog: "147 - walrus ivory carved by natives Give by Dr. Cone"
Reference: Artists of the Tundra and Sea, D.J. Ray, p. 101 "the bow drill...is propelled by a bow made of thong and curved bone." Photo fig. 93.
Art: Eskimo Ivory, p. 107 and Eskimo Art, p.214, 217, 218, 219 show three-sided bone pieces. Modified engraving styple? see 1-50-157Dimensions
Height
3 cmWidth
2 cmLength
38.8 cm