Fire drill

Museum number:
2-4088
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020004088
Alternate number:
x-234 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Handles and string used for turning fire drill. Bear tooth handles, rawhide thong. Second original no.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
St. Michael, St. Michael Island, Nome Borough
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Rudolph Neumann
Collection date:
1898
Materials:
Leather
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits and 1.9 Multiple Utility
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
Probably also used for metal drill.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
9 centimeters
Loans:
S1977-1978 #63: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/Robert Fleming Heizer (1978–October 14, 1980) and S1978-1979 #43: El Camino College (February 5, 1979–June 29, 1979)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fire drill, accession number 2-4088, described as Handles and string used for turning fire drill. Bear tooth handles, rawhide thong. Second original no.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fire drill, accession number 2-4088, described as Handles and string used for turning fire drill. Bear tooth handles, rawhide thong. Second original no.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fire drill, accession number 2-4088, described as Handles and string used for turning fire drill. Bear tooth handles, rawhide thong. Second original no.

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