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Object Number
34-114-10/3969
Display Title
Braided sagebrush bark, part of fire-making outfit
Descriptions
Object Description
Braided sagebrush bark, part of fire-making outfit--used as a slow match which is used to carry fire.
Inventory Description
Tinder, rope of sage brush
Classification
- Tools
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Northern Paiute
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Nevada
Additional Geographic Terms
Pyramid Lake
Materials
Sagebrush, Bark
Dimensions
Overall: 74 x 2 cm (29 1/8 x 13/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Provenance
Collector
Willard Zerbe Park
(07/09/1934-09/07/1934)
Intermediary
Willard Zerbe Park
(08/23/1934-12/14/1934)
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PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
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| 34-114-10/3968 | Sagebrush bark tinder, part of fire-making outfit |
Floral
|
Nevada
| |
| 35-78-10/5019 | Envelope of bark tinder for fire making |
Bark
|
Elko
| |
| 34-114-10/3920 | Sack made of sagebrush bark with handle of string (wiha). |
Bag
|
Nevada
| |
| 34-114-10/3916 | Sagebrush bark moccasins |
Shoe
|
Nevada
| |
| 34-114-10/3923 | Sagebrush neckpiece |
Accessory
|
Nevada
| |
| 34-114-10/3966 | Drill, part of fire-making outfit |
Tools
|
Nevada
| |
| 34-114-10/3924 | Sprig of sagebrush on stick, for puberty ceremony. |
Accessory
|
Nevada
| |
| 34-114-10/3967 | Hearth, part of fire-making outfit |
Floral
|
Nevada
| |
| 39-17-70/1176 | Cane tube used in fire-making. Contains tinder of powdered bark mixed + |
Case
|
Sanke Doek
| |
| 90-17-10/48408 | Sagebrush bark bag |
Basket
|
British Columbia
| |
| 34-114-10/4388 | Rabbit call--made of rabbit skin and sagebrush |
Decoy
|
Nevada
| |
| 34-114-10/4389 | Rabbit call--made of rabbit skin and sagebrush |
Decoy
|
Nevada
|