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Object Number
34-24-10/3717
Display Title
Fire drill, hearth of narrow-leaved yucca and drill of arrowweed
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Fire drill, long cylindrical stick with flattened and punctate board, burnt
Classification
- Fire starter
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Chemehuevi
- Southern Paiute
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Arizona
/
La Paz County
/
Parker
Materials
Wood, Yucca, Arrow weed
Dimensions
Overall: 77.5 x 0.9 x 0.9 cm (30 1/2 x 3/8 x 3/8 in.)
Quantity
2
Label on object
3717
Provenance
Owner
Joe Brown
(01/01/1933-01/01/1934)
Collector
Dr. Isabel T. Kelly
(01/01/1933-01/01/1934)
Intermediary
Dr. Isabel T. Kelly
(02/01/1934-06/01/1934)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34-24-10/3720 | Granary of arrowweed, "bird nest technique", for mesquite beans |
Container
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Parker
| |
| 10-21-10/76492 | Two part fire drill |
Fire starter
|
California
| |
| 23-46-70/D1725 | Fire sticks - hearth and drill (gillingharra) |
Tools
|
Kimberley
Western Australia | |
| 34-114-10/3978 | Fire drill and hearth |
Tools
|
California
| |
| 30-54-70/D3424 | Fire drill and hearth |
Tools
|
Northern Territory
Arnhem Land | |
| 08-4-10/73305 | Fire drill and hearth |
Tools
|
California
| |
| 31-16-10/A7880 | Fire drill hearth |
Tool
Raw Material |
Site pr 12-19
| |
| 14-5-10/A1456 | Hearths for fire-drill |
Worked Wood
|
Cliff House 7
| |
| 14-5-10/A1288 | Fire drill & hearth tied together |
Worked Wood
|
Cliff House 3
| |
|
Image Not Available
for Fragment of Hearth of Fire drill Apparatus
| 12-6-10/88279 | Fragment of Hearth of Fire drill Apparatus |
Cliff House
| ||
| 17-17-10/87094 | Firemaker ; fire sticks |
Fire starter
|
Kwakiutl village
| |
|
Image Not Available
for Narrow leaved yerba santa eriodyction anguslifolium
| 77-36-10/12969 | Narrow leaved yerba santa eriodyction anguslifolium |
Utah
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