Fire-Sticks Of
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1870
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Edward Palmer
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. Edward Palmer
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "ILLUS. IN USNM AR, 1888; FIG. 15, P. 543; ALSO IN PROCEEDINGS, USNM, VOL. 73, ART. 14; FIG. 15; P. 20." FROM CARD: "FIRE-DRILL.--LOWER PIECE A FRAGMENT OF YUCCA STALK; SPINDLE, A BROKEN ARROW SHAFT; POINT OF YUCCA WOOD, LASHED ON WITH COTTON RAG. LENGTH OF LOWER PIECE, 12 3/4 INCHES; LENGTH OF SPINDLE, 18 3/4 INCHES. NAVAJO INDIANS (ATHAPASCAN STOCK), NEW MEXICO. 9,555. COLLECTED BY EDWARD PALMER."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 4
place: label: Place
content: New Mexico, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Navajo (Diné)
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 001793
label: USNM Number
content: E9555-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Fire Set
physicalDescription: label: Length - Lower Piece
content: 32.38 cm
label: Length - Spindle
content: 47.63 cm