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Object Number
17-17-10/87094
Display Title
Firemaker ; fire sticks
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
p E nag; sE aliyu
Object Description
Firemaker; two sticks and bundle of tinder
Inventory Description
Fire drill, carved wood drillboard and 2 drills, burnt, bundle of bark tinder,
Classification
- Fire starter
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Kwakwaka'wakw
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
Canada
/
British Columbia
/
Turnour Island
/
Kalokwis
/
Kwakiutl village
Additional Geographic Terms
Beware Passage; Queen Charlotte Sound
Materials
Wood, Bark
Dimensions
Overall: 38.3 x 5.6 x 2.1 cm (15 1/16 x 2 3/16 x 13/16 in.)
Quantity
4
Label on object
17-17-10/87094 & 87094
Provenance
Expedition
Peabody Museum Expedition
(1917)
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