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Object Number
45-25-10/28674
Display Title
Fire drill and board
Descriptions
Object Description
Fire drill and board, board is painted red and has 10 "V" shaped notches and 10 round indentations.
Inventory Description
Fire drills and board, wood, red board drilled and notched, 1 drill blackened
Classification
- Tools
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Hopi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Arizona
Additional Geographic Terms
Arizona, northeast
Materials
Wood, Plant fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 28.4 x 2.4 x 2.1 cm (11 3/16 x 15/16 x 13/16 in.)
Quantity
3
Label on object
45-25-10/28674 & [3508]
Provenance
Collector
Dr. Jesse Walter Fewkes
(1892)
Collector
Thomas V. Keam
(1892)
Donor
Mary T. Hemenway
(May 5, 1945)
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