Fire-Producers (2)
date: label: Accession Date
content: 27 Dec 1866
name: label: Donor Name
content: Bernard R. Ross
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "PIECE OF WOOD & STICK & REST. FIRE-DRILL--LOWER PART A BILLET OF SEMI-DECAYED WOOD, WITH A NUMBER OF FIRE HOLES DRILLED ALONG A FURROW, SO THAT THE DUST THEY COLLECT FALLS INTO THE NEXT HOLE AND IGNITES. THIS ARRANGEMENT ACCOMPLISHES THE SAME RESULT AS THE LATERAL FURROW IN THE INDIAN FIRE-DRILL. LENGTH, 12 INCHES. #1963. #1963-ILLUS. IN USNM AR, 1888; FIG. 29, P. 560; AND IN PROCEEDINGS, USNM, VOL. 73, ART. 14; FIG. 27; P. 40. *DOUBLE ENTRY UNDER CAT. #624."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Northwest Territories, Canada, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Eskimo
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00095
label: USNM Number
content: E1963-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Fire Set
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 30 cm