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Object Number
05-7-10/65486
Display Title
Fire drill and board
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Fire drill and board, carved wood , painted designs, drill tied to board w/ ceda
Classification
- Mechanical
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Nitinaht
- Nootka
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
Canada
/
British Columbia
Materials
Wood, Cedar bark
Dimensions
Overall: 42.2 x 9.6 x 2.6 cm (16 5/8 x 3 3/4 x 1 in.)
Quantity
3
Label on object
05-7-10/65486
Provenance
Collector
Grace A. Nicholson
(1905)
Dealer
Grace A. Nicholson
(1905)
Donor
Mr. Lewis Hobart Farlow
(1905)
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