Fire Drill

Model

22556

From: New Mexico

Curatorial Section: American

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Native Name A-tau-su-na-nai
Object Number 22556
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Pueblo | Zuni
Provenience New Mexico
Culture Area Southwest Culture Area
Section American
Materials Wood | Cotton | Tinder
Description

Fire drill bundle. One wooden stick has one end rounded and blackened from use and the other end is cut to form a point. One wooden hearth has drill holes with channels carved to remove embers, broken at one end. One bundle of plant fiber tinder.

Length 49.5 cm
Width 3.1 cm
Credit Line Southwest Expedition; R. Stewart Culin; subscription of Robert C. H. Brock, 1902

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