Fire making kit

Museum number:
2-1291a-c
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21021291a@2dc
Accession number:
Acc.46
Description:
Outfit of fire sticks with old drill. a) Wood hearth, some red pigment. b) Drill sticks, red-stained wood. c) Ivory bow with incised hunting scenes, rawhide thong.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Lower Yukon, Yukon, Yukon-Koyukuk Borough
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Lower Yukon
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Charles L. Hall
Collection date:
ca. 1895
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Firemaking kits
Accession date:
August 12, 1902
Context of use:
Pouch 2-1292 is container for 2-1291 a-c.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
c)— 34.5 centimeters, b)— 46.6 centimeters, and a)— 38.8 centimeters
Comment:
Photo: 15-1291-c: 15-21396, 15-21397.
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Fire making kit, accession number 2-1291a-c, described as Outfit of fire sticks with old drill. a) Wood hearth, some red pigment. b) Drill sticks, red-stained wood. c) Ivory bow with incised hunting scenes, rawhide thong.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fire making kit, accession number 2-1291a-c, described as Outfit of fire sticks with old drill. a) Wood hearth, some red pigment. b) Drill sticks, red-stained wood. c) Ivory bow with incised hunting scenes, rawhide thong.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fire making kit, accession number 2-1291a-c, described as Outfit of fire sticks with old drill. a) Wood hearth, some red pigment. b) Drill sticks, red-stained wood. c) Ivory bow with incised hunting scenes, rawhide thong.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fire making kit, accession number 2-1291a-c, described as Outfit of fire sticks with old drill. a) Wood hearth, some red pigment. b) Drill sticks, red-stained wood. c) Ivory bow with incised hunting scenes, rawhide thong.

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