Culture/People

Eastern Band of Cherokee [Qualla Boundary]

Previous owner

Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Department of the Interior (IACB), 1935-

IACB source

Medicine Man Crafts (Medicine Man Craft Shop), 1967-

Object Name

Bow drill set

Media/Materials

Wood, iron point, twine/string, commercially tanned leather, stone, glue

Techniques

Carved, flaked/chipped, twisted, drilled, glued

Dimensions

54.4 x 5.2 x 2.0 cm

Object Type

Tools and Equipment (General)

Place

Eastern Cherokee Reservation, Qualla Boundary; Jackson County and Swain County; North Carolina; USA (inferred)

Date created

1970-1971

Collection History

Acquired by Indian Arts and Crafts Board representatives from Medicine Man Crafts (Cherokee, North Carolina) in 1971; part of the IACB Headquarters collection (Department of the Interior, Washington, DC) until 2000 when it was transferred to NMAI.

Catalog Number

26/784

Barcode

260784.000

See related items

Eastern Band of Cherokee [Qualla Boundary]

Tools and Equipment (General)

Data Source

National Museum of the American Indian

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