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Fire drill, top of young pine.
Object Number 15-36-10/86334
Display Title Fire drill, top of young pine.
Descriptions
Inventory Description Drill, carved wood, 2 pieces, 1 flat/punctate at one end, 1 cylindrical, tapered.
Classification
  • Drill
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1915
Culture
  • Thompson
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / British Columbia
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 22 x 1.7 x 1.7 cm (8 11/16 x 11/16 x 11/16 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 86334
Credit Line Museum Purchase, Huntington Frothingham Wolcott Fund, 1915
Provenance
Seller James A. Teit (?)
Collector James A. Teit

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