Fire Starter Set / Islabons
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1 Oct 1997
label: Collection Date
content: 1965 to 1987
name: label: Collector
content: Mr. Eugene H. Boudreau
label: Donor Name
content: Mr. Eugene H. Boudreau
notes: label: Notes
content: The charred or burnt cotton fibers catch the sparks. The charred cotton is carried in old cartridge shells. The cotton is made into a wick-like "mecha." See p.29 of EHB's book Ways of the Sierra Madre for more detailed description. The old iron Islabons are very rare. Not on packing list.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 20 May 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 17
place: label: Place
content: Agua Caliente De Zevada, Sinaloa De Leyva, Sinaloa, Mexico, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Unspecified Northern Mexico, Mexican
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 416144
label: USNM Number
content: E429480-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Fire Set