Fire-Stick

Object Details

Donor Name

Major John W. Powell

FROM CARD: "17228-30. ILLUS. IN USNM AR, 1888; FIG. 7, P. 538 (#17230) #17230 ALSO IN PROCEEDINGS, USNM, VOL. 73, ART. 14; FIG. 7; P. 15 (HOUGH, FIRE-MAKING APPARATUS) INVENTORIED 1975."

"Compound drill; hearth missing. Spindle of willow (Salix sp.) with greasewood bit. ... Hearths and drills similar to those in the collection are reported throughout the Great Basin area. Dellenbaugh (1906:250) illustrates a compound drill that he collected in southern Utah in 1872 while with the Powell expedition. Figure 67 shows a Kaibab Paiute man using a palm drill." Fowler and Matley (1979) p. 75

Culture attribution per Fowler and Matley (1979)

Record Last Modified

22 Feb 2017

Specimen Count

2

Culture

Paiute, Southern, Moapa

Accession Date

18 Jan 1875

Accession Number

75A00015

USNM Number

E17228-0

Object Type

Fire Set

Place

Utah, United States, North America

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Anthropology

NMNH - Anthropology Dept.

Topic

Ethnology

Record ID

nmnhanthropology_8349574

Metadata Usage (text)

CC0

GUID (Link to Original Record)

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3cf2fc4d4-98a3-4cd5-a916-d21b57f2ccff