Fire drill

Museum number:
1-13851a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210113851a@2cb
Accession number:
Acc.325
Description:
Fire drill and borer. The board contains seven small holes for fire drill spaced approximately 2 cm. apart. On the reverse side there are seven holes approximately 3 cm apart. The board is of willow, the borer is of willow weed. Fire was twice produced in the presence of the collector with this implement.
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:
Fire was twice produced in the presence of the collector with this implement.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
(b)— length 7.5 centimeters and (a)— length 35.5 centimeters
Comment:
Photo: 15-6079. Published: BAE B78 Fig. 66 (similar drill).
Loans:
S1961-1962 #11: Walden School, Berkeley/Eva Goldshield (August 28, 1961–September 25, 1961), S1961-1962 #82: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/John Desmond Clark (May 28, 1962–May 28, 1962), S1962-1963 #49: Sally Gosline (March 21, 1963–April 4, 1963), and S1973-1974 #58: Merritt College (February 1, 1974–April 24, 1974)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fire drill, accession number 1-13851a,b, described as Fire drill and borer. The board contains seven small holes for fire drill spaced approximately 2 cm. apart. On the reverse side there are seven holes approximately 3 cm apart. The board is of willow, the borer is of willow weed. Fire was twice produced in the presence of the collector with this implement.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fire drill, accession number 1-13851a,b, described as Fire drill and borer. The board contains seven small holes for fire drill spaced approximately 2 cm. apart. On the reverse side there are seven holes approximately 3 cm apart. The board is of willow, the borer is of willow weed. Fire was twice produced in the presence of the collector with this implement.

Tools