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Object Number
97-17-10/51206
Display Title
Fire-making set
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Fire stones?, possibly pyrite, fragments and dust, burnt, fragile
Classification
- Mineral
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Labrador Coast Inuit
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
Canada
/
Newfoundland and Labrador
/
Labrador
Intrasite
From grave
Additional Geographic Terms
Saeglek Bay
Materials
Stone
Dimensions
Overall: 3.2 x 3.2 x 2.1 cm (1 1/4 x 1 1/4 x 13/16 in.)
Quantity
16
Label on object
51206
Provenance
Provenance
Jewell D. Sornborger
(1897)
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