Object Details
- Collection History
- Collected in 1892 by members of the Peary Relief Expedition, led by Arctic explorer Angelo Heilprin (1853-1907) and sponsored by the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia; lent to MAI by the Academy of Natural Sciences in 1929.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Kalaallit [Greenland]
- Lender
- Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University)
- Expedition
- Peary Relief Expedition (1892)
- Expedition leader
- Angelo Heilprin, Non-Indian, 1853-1907
- Object Name
- Bow drill set
- Media/Materials
- Wood, animal bone, iron, sinew, hide
- Techniques
- Carved, perforated, wrapped
- Object Type
- Tools and Equipment (General)
