Large, unpainted fire drill and unpainted borer. The drill has several holes incised in sides. Both pieces are tied together with string. Drill is of willow and borer is of willow weed. (a) Drill; (b) Borer.
Donor:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection place:
Needles, San Bernardino County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; San Bernardino; Needles
Culture or time period:
Mohave
Collector:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection date:
February 1908
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1908
Context of use:
For making fire.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
(b)— length 87.3 centimeters and (a)— length 43.6 centimeters