Drill for a Bow Engraved with Scenes of Summer Camp, Drying Racks, Whale and Caribou Hunting
Iñupiaq
Western Arctic
Arctic
possibly about 1850
Ivory and rawhide, decorated with incised scenes
Overall: 16 5/16 in. (41.5 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Bequest of Frank C. and Clara G. Churchill
46.17.9597
Geography
Place Made: Cape Prince of Wales, United States, North America
Period
19th century
Object Name
Tools and Equipment
Research Area
Native American
Native American: Arctic-Western Arctic
Not on view
Course History
ANTH 12.11, NAS 30, Arctic Crossroads: Its Peoples, Cultures, and History, William Fitzhugh, Winter 2015
Exhibition History
Native American Art at Dartmouth: Highlights from the Hood Museum of Art, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, October 8, 2011-March 12, 2012.
Publication History
George P. Horse Capture, Sr., Joe D. Horse Capture, Joseph M. Sanchez, et al., Native American Art at Dartmouth: Highlights from the Hood Museum of Art, Hanover: Trustees of Dartmouth College, 2011, ill. on p. 85 and p. 138, no. 7.
Provenance
Clara G. Corser Turner Churchill (1851-1945) and Frank Carroll Churchill (1850-1912), Cape Prince of Wales, Alaska, 1905; bequeathed to present collection, 1946.
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