Tool bag

Tool bag

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Tool bag, made of hide, containing bow drill and knife, Inuit peoples (originally recorded as 'Eskimo'), North America (?) or Canada (?), 1801-1920

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A655947
Materials:
leather, bow-drill bow, bone, curved, bow-drill bow, leather, thong, bow-drill shaft, wood, bow-drill shaft, fibre, bow-drill shaft, steel, bow-drill steadiar, bone, vertebra, knife, wood, knife, fibre and knife, steel
Measurements:
bag: length 300 mm
bag: width 150 mm
bow drill bow: length 320 mm
bow drill shaft: length 228 mm
knife: length 104 mm
vertebra: length 35 mm
vertebra: width 25 mm
type:
tool bags