Ivory Handle To Drill Cord
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1879
name: label: Collector
content: Edward W. Nelson
label: Donor Name
content: Edward W. Nelson
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "36483-5. 6 SPECIMENS."
label: Notes
content: Photo and description in Fienup-Riordan, Ann. 2007. Yuungnaqpiallerput, The Way We Genuinely Live: Masterworks of Yup'ik Science and Survival. Seattle: University Of Washington Press, p. 71. Nucugcuun Fire Drill Cord Handles. Fire Drill Cord Handles made from walrus teeth, used to rotate the drill stick during friction fire starting. Frank Andrew [from Kwigillingok] said that walrus bones, especially walrus jawbones, were stronger and more durable than ivory, which tended to crack.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 1 Feb 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Kushunuk (Qissunaq), Yukon & Kuskokwim Delta, Alaska, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Eskimo, Yup'ik
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 008133
label: USNM Number
content: E36483-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Drill Cord Handle