borer
- Museum number
- Am,+.3769
- Description
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Borer made of stone (chert).
- Curator's comments
- From acquisition "Mo" From acquisition "Chariton County".
See Christy Correspondence:
Letter A E Douglass, New York/C H Read, 24 Nov 1887 and 'Invoice of Objects, worked in Stone & Shell by American Indians ... sent, in Exchange ... Selected from the Private Collection of A E Douglass Esq. in the Museum of Natural History, New York.
Douglass writes 'The "Drills" or Perforators (also called Awls Reamers and Borers) I send you specimens of the various patterns. They are so rarely found unbroken that this may be called a specially fine assortment.'
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1887
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Am,+.3769
- Additional IDs
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CDMS number: Am1887C2.3769 (old CDMS no.)