Drill
Drill
Drill

Drill

Object number2014.15.111
Attributed to
Attributed to
MediumStone
Credit LineGift of Frank L. Sevin.
DescriptionWhite and tan stone drill.Dimensions1.063 x 0.25 x 1.375 in. (2.7 x 0.6 x 3.5 cm)
Historical NotesDonated by Frank L. Sevin via his son Mark Sevin. Collection of 108 arrowheads, three drills, and eight scrapers from Allegheny County, specifically the Sewickley Heights, Wexford (Mingo Road area), and Ambridge (farm near Legionville Hollow) areas. Frank Sevin collected them. His son, Mark Sevin, after researching the areas where the artifacts were collected, thinks they are most likely from the Iroquois nation, Seneca specifically. Frank Sevin was born in 1919 and died at the age of 83 in circa 2002. He lived on a farm above Ambridge, Pennsylvania during his childhood and bought property in Wexford, PA in 1963 in an area of known previous Native American occupation. His Wexford neighbor had a collection that he had accumulated over the years as well that was passed on to his son. According to his son, Mark Sevin, his father's Ambridge farm was located above a valley that ran down to the Ohio River, known as Legionville Hollow, where General Anthony Wayne and his troops were overrun by Native Americans. The donor's family has lived in this area since the early 1800s and there is a Sevin Road in Sewickley named after one of his relatives.
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