Fire drill and fireboard
Object Details
- Culture/People
- Moapa Paiute
- Previous owner
- John Quail, Moapa Paiute
- Collector
- Mark Raymond Harrington (M. R. Harrington/MRH), Non-Indian, 1882-1971
- Collection History
- Collected from John Quail (Moapa Paiute) in 1925 by anthropologist Mark Raymond Harrington (1882-1971, MAI staff member) during fieldwork sponsored by MAI.
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- Have a concern, a correction, or something to add? Contact us: https://nmai.si.edu/collections-statement
- Catalog Number
- 14/1797
- Barcode
- 141797.000
- Object Type
- Tools and Equipment (General)
- Indigenous Term
- kutun'iwinum
- Object Name
- Fire drill and fireboard
- Media/Materials
- Wood
- Techniques
- Carved
- Place
- Moapa, Moapa River Reservation; Clark County; Nevada; USA
- See related items
- Moapa Paiute
- Tools and Equipment (General)
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Record ID
- NMAI_152476
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws69403fdea-0a69-463f-8bc6-6d8e2f5a500b
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