Drill Bow
date: label: Accession Date
content: 14 Oct 1960
label: Collection Date
content: 1908
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Floyd F. Fellows
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. Floyd F. Fellows
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "Made from the inside of the curve of a walrus tusk. The leather thong (broken) is seal skin. The seal skin is prepared by rolling the fresh skin and keeping it warm until the hair will "slip", then remove the hair and stretch the skin and stake it out on a snow bank until it is frozen. Then it is fastened to the top of a pole and let whip in the wind until all water or rather ice has dried out. On the side of the bow are figures representing two sleds, a dog, a native, a cabin with smoke coming from a chimney, an oomiak [umiak] (native canoe) approaching a whale that has been harpooned and has a line tied to two inflated seal skins attached to it. Following the whale is another oomiak with a crew of six natives. On the back of the bow are outlines of two whales, two walruses, three seals alone, one seal being eaten by a bear, and another bear coming up behind. On the inside of the bow is a scratched name, Banik, but should be Panik as that was the name of the original owner from whom it was obtained in 1908."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 10 Feb 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Kiyuksukuveet (Icy Cape), Alaska, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Eskimo
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 231572
label: USNM Number
content: E398234-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Drill