Hearth

Museum number:
1-19877
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010019877
Accession number:
Acc.477 and Acc.477I
Description:
Base piece of fire drill.
Donor:
Ishi
Collection place:
San Francisco, San Francisco County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; San Francisco; San Francisco
Culture or time period:
Yana
Maker or artist:
Ishi
Collector:
Ishi
Collection date:
1915
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1915 and 1916
Context of use:
Used for fire-making outfit.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Loans:
S1961-1962 #31: University Relations (UC Berkeley) (December 5, 1961–December 6, 1961), S1961-1962 #36: English Department (UC Berkeley) (December 27, 1961–December 28, 1961), S1962-1963 #26: California State Indian Museum (November 15, 1962–October 7, 1964), S1966-1967 #9: Palo Alto Junior Museum and Zoo (October 10, 1966–December 17, 1966), and S1970-1971 #25: Oakland Museum of California (September 25, 1970–April 9, 1971)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Hearth, accession number 1-19877, described as Base piece of fire drill.Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Hearth, accession number 1-19877, described as Base piece of fire drill.Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Hearth, accession number 1-19877, described as Base piece of fire drill.Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Hearth, accession number 1-19877, described as Base piece of fire drill.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Hearth, accession number 1-19877, described as Base piece of fire drill.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Hearth, accession number 1-19877, described as Base piece of fire drill.

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