Fire making kit

Museum number:
1-13968a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210113968a@2cb
Alternate number:
86AB (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.334
Description:
Fire making kit. Made of "buckeye" wood, handcarved, polished from usage. a) Drill. Wear on distal end, broken at proximal end. b) Hearth. Inverted keystone shaped. Three equally-spaced starter holes on narrow surface.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Mendocino County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Mendocino
Culture or time period:
Pomo
Collector:
Charles P. Wilcomb
Collection date:
1898-1902
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Firemaking kits
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1908
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
b)— width 3.4 centimeters, a)— diameter 1 centimeters, a)— length 47.7 centimeters, and b)— length 35.2 centimeters
Loans:
S1964-1965 #69: Susan Mandelbaum (March 9, 1965–March 11, 1965) and S1981-1982 #67: US Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Indian Programs (June 9, 1982–June 9, 1982)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Fire making kit, accession number 1-13968a,b, described as Fire making kit. Made of "buckeye" wood, handcarved, polished from usage. a) Drill. Wear on distal end, broken at proximal end. b) Hearth. Inverted keystone shaped. Three equally-spaced starter holes on narrow surface.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Fire making kit, accession number 1-13968a,b, described as Fire making kit. Made of "buckeye" wood, handcarved, polished from usage. a) Drill. Wear on distal end, broken at proximal end. b) Hearth. Inverted keystone shaped. Three equally-spaced starter holes on narrow surface.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Fire making kit, accession number 1-13968a,b, described as Fire making kit. Made of "buckeye" wood, handcarved, polished from usage. a) Drill. Wear on distal end, broken at proximal end. b) Hearth. Inverted keystone shaped. Three equally-spaced starter holes on narrow surface.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fire making kit, accession number 1-13968a,b, described as Fire making kit. Made of "buckeye" wood, handcarved, polished from usage. a) Drill. Wear on distal end, broken at proximal end. b) Hearth. Inverted keystone shaped. Three equally-spaced starter holes on narrow surface.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fire making kit, accession number 1-13968a,b, described as Fire making kit. Made of "buckeye" wood, handcarved, polished from usage. a) Drill. Wear on distal end, broken at proximal end. b) Hearth. Inverted keystone shaped. Three equally-spaced starter holes on narrow surface.

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