Firestarting steel
name: label: Culture/People
content: Non-Indian; collected from the Pikuni Blackfeet (Piegan)
label: Possible collector
content: Christian F. Schuster (Christian Friedrich Schuster/C. F. Schuster), Non-Indian, 1868-1957
label: Previous owner
content: Christian F. Schuster (Christian Friedrich Schuster/C. F. Schuster), Non-Indian, 1868-1957
label: Seller
content: Christian F. Schuster (Christian Friedrich Schuster/C. F. Schuster), Non-Indian, 1868-1957
notes: label: Collection History
content: Formerly in the collection of Christian F. Schuster (1868-1957, a collector and amateur archaeologist in Holyoke, Massachusetts) and possibly collected by him when he lived with the Blackfeet in the 1920s; purchased by MAI from Christian Schuster in 1953.
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Montana; USA
setName: label: See related items
content: Non-Indian
label: See related items
content: Pikuni Blackfeet (Piegan)
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: 22/1815
label: Barcode
content: 221815.000
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