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Object Number
08-4-10/73164
Display Title
Fire stick and hearth
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Fire board and drill, carved wood, notched and punctate board, grooved drill
Classification
- Tools
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Yurok
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
California
Materials
Redwood
Dimensions
Overall: 66.1 x 2.1 x 1.5 cm (26 x 13/16 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity
2
Label on object
73164
Provenance
Collector
Mr. Carroll S. Hartman
(1908 - 1908)
Collector
Grace A. Nicholson
(1908 - 1908)
Donor
Mr. Lewis Hobart Farlow
(1908 - 1908)
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