Fire Making Tools
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1876
name: label: Collector
content: James G. Swan
label: Donor Name
content: James G. Swan
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "STEVENSON N.Y. ILLUS. IN USNM AR, 1888; FIG. 2, P. 535; ALSO IN PROCEEDINGS, USNM, VOL. 73, ART. 14, FIG. 2; P. 10. GIFT TO NEW YORK UNIVERSITY-JUNE 14, 1897." FROM 19TH OR EARLY 20TH CENTURY EXHIBIT LABEL WITH CARD: "FIRE-DRILL.---LOWER PIECE AND SPINDLES OF CEDAR. ROUGHLY MADE FROM A ROUND PIECE OF WOOD. THE FURROWS WERE CUT WITH A SAW. LENGTH OF PARTS, 18 INCHES. BILHULA INDIANS (SALISHAN STOCK), BELLA BELLA, B. C. 20,644. COLLECTED BY JAMES G. SWAN."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Mar 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 3
place: label: Place
content: British Columbia, Canada, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Bella Bella (Heiltsuk, Haíłzaqv)
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 004686
label: USNM Number
content: E20644-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Fire Set
physicalDescription: label: Length - "Length Of Parts"
content: 46 cm