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Object Number 38-44-10/12775
Display Title Two firesteels and skin pouch. Pouch: 11x5 cm. Steel A: 6.5x3x0.5 cm. Steel B: 6
Descriptions
Object Description Two steel and a skin pouch.
Inventory Description Pouch, small, sewn hide, two oblong-shaped metal firesteels
Classification
  • Pouch
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Iroquois
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / Quebec
Dimensions Overall: 10.8 x 5.6 cm (4 1/4 x 2 3/16 in.)
Quantity 3
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Henry H. Richardson in memory of Theodore Jewett Eastman, Class of 1901, A.B. 1901, M.D. 1905, 1938
Provenance
Collector Dr. Theodore Jewett Eastman (1888-1916)
Donor Mrs. Henry H. Richardson (05/2/1938)

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