Fire-Sticks
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1876
name: label: Collector
content: Leroy S. Dyar
label: Donor Name
content: Leroy S. Dyar
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "FOR MAKING FIRE BY FRICTION. SLICK-O-WISH ILLUS. IN USNM AR, 1888; FIG. 4, P. 536; ALSO IN PROCEEDINGS, USNM, VOL. 73, ART. 14; FIG. 4; P. 12." FROM 19TH OR EARLY 20TH CENTURY EXHIBIT LABEL WITH CARD: "FIRE-DRILL.---LOWER PIECE OF SOFT, WHITE WOOD, WITH CAVITIES AND FURROWS ON THE EDGE. SPINDLE, A LONG ARROW-SHAFT WITH A HARD WOOD POINT SET IN WITH RESIN AND SERVED WITH SINEW, AS IN THE UTE DRILLS. LENGTH OF LOWER PIECE, 13 INCHES; LENGTH OF SPINDLE, 26 INCHES. KLAMATH INDIANS (LUTUAMIAN STOCK), OREGON. 24,096. COLLECTED BY L. S. DYAR."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 29 Jan 2025
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Oregon, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Klamath
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 005319
label: USNM Number
content: E24096-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Fire Set
physicalDescription: label: Length - Lower Piece
content: 33 cm
label: Length - Spindle
content: 66 cm