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Fire stick and hearth
Object Number 95-20-10/48398
Display Title Fire stick and hearth
Descriptions
Object Description Fire stick and hearth (fire stick only)
Inventory Description Firestick, cylindrical wood, one piece flat, tapered other end, burnt mark
Classification
  • Fire starter
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Kitsan?
  • Athapascan?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / British Columbia
Materials Wood, Antler
Dimensions Overall: 74 x 1.3 x 1.3 cm (29 1/8 x 1/2 x 1/2 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 48398
Provenance
Collector Roderick MacKenzie
Donor American Antiquarian Society (1895)

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