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Object Number 10-21-10/76492
Display Title Two part fire drill
Descriptions
Inventory Description Fire drill, wood, punctate drill board/stick, stick slightly grooved at one en
Classification
  • Fire starter
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Wiyot
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / California
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 30.6 x 2.9 x 1.7 cm (12 1/16 x 1 1/8 x 11/16 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 76492
Provenance
Collector Mr. Carroll S. Hartman (01/01/1910)
Collector Grace A. Nicholson (01/01/1910)
Previous owner Previously owned by Isaac Abner Beers (ca. 1880)
Donor Mr. Lewis Hobart Farlow (01/01/1910)

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