Fire drill hearth

Museum number:
2-4110
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020004110
Alternate number:
x-256 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Fire drill hearth; (block on which drill rests in making fire).
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
as 2-4090
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 11.5 centimeters
Loans:
S1967-1968 #25 [formerly I-54-B]: University of California, Riverside/John F. Goins (July 1, 1954–present) and S1978-1979 #43: El Camino College (February 5, 1979–June 29, 1979)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fire drill hearth, accession number 2-4110, described as Fire drill hearth; (block on which drill rests in making fire).Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fire drill hearth, accession number 2-4110, described as Fire drill hearth; (block on which drill rests in making fire).Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fire drill hearth, accession number 2-4110, described as Fire drill hearth; (block on which drill rests in making fire).

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