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Object Number
32-69-10/K157
Display Title
Pump drill for making sacred fire
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Drill, wood, 3 pieces connected together, vegetable fiber cord
Classification
- Drill
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1932
Artist
Harriet Hammond
(1932)
Culture
- Iroquois
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
Canada
Materials
Wood, Vegetable fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 58 x 56 x 2 cm (22 13/16 x 22 1/16 x 13/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
K/157
Provenance
Seller
Sold by
Unknown
(1932)
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