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Object Number 08-4-10/73305
Display Title Fire drill and hearth
Descriptions
Inventory Description Fire board and drill, carved wood, board has 3 punctations/notched ends, ridged
Classification
  • Tools
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Karuk
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / California
Additional Geographic Terms Klamath River, Upper; Katimin
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 54.2 x 1.1 x 1.2 cm (21 5/16 x 7/16 x 1/2 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 73305
Provenance
Provenance Grace A. Nicholson (1908)
Provenance Mr. Carroll S. Hartman (1908)

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