Firestarting steel
name: label: Culture/People
content: Non-Indian; probably used by the Anishinaabe (Chippewa/Ojibwa)
label: Previous owner
content: Erwin G. Ward (Erwin Graham Ward/E. G. Ward), Non-Indian, 1849-1920
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Erwin Graham Ward (1849-1920, a collector of coins, stamps, and Indian artifacts); purchased by MAI from an unknown source in 1922.
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Great Lakes region; Canada, USA (inferred)
setName: label: See related items
content: Non-Indian
label: See related items
content: Anishinaabe (Chippewa/Ojibwa)
label: See related items
content: Tools and Equipment (General)
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 11/4483
label: Barcode
content: 114483.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Tools and Equipment (General)
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Firestarting steel
label: Media/Materials
content: Steel
label: Techniques
content: Forged