Fire drill and hearth

Museum number:
2-29360a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210229360a@2cb
Accession number:
Acc.1149
Description:
a) Fire drill; b) hearth.
Donor:
Harold Heath and Ida Shelley
Collection place:
Prince of Wales Island, Prince of Wales-Outer Ketchikan Borough, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Alexander Archipelago; Prince of Wales Island
Culture or time period:
Haida
Collector:
Harold Heath
Collection date:
1910-1917
Object type:
ethnography
Accession date:
1954
Context of use:
Note around specimen #2, in acc. envelope says "stick whirled fast between hands of expert produces fire in less than 60 seconds.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
a)— length 44 centimeters and b)— width 38 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Fire drill and hearth, accession number 2-29360a,b, described as a) Fire drill; b) hearth.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Fire drill and hearth, accession number 2-29360a,b, described as a) Fire drill; b) hearth.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Fire drill and hearth, accession number 2-29360a,b, described as a) Fire drill; b) hearth.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fire drill and hearth, accession number 2-29360a,b, described as a) Fire drill; b) hearth.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fire drill and hearth, accession number 2-29360a,b, described as a) Fire drill; b) hearth.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fire drill and hearth, accession number 2-29360a,b, described as a) Fire drill; b) hearth.

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