Fire drill

Museum number:
1-17041a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210117041a@2cb
Accession number:
Acc.100II
Object count:
2
Description:
Fire hearth and drill made from redwood and buckeye. Made and used by Ishi in the Museum during 1912.
Donor:
Alfred L. Kroeber, Ishi, and University Appropriation
Collection place:
San Francisco, San Francisco County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; San Francisco; San Francisco
Culture or time period:
Yana
Maker or artist:
Ishi
Collection date:
1912
Taxon:
Aesculus californica and Sequoia sempervirens
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.5 Household
Production date:
1912
Accession date:
1912
Context of use:
Made and used by Ishi in the Museum during 1912.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
b)— width 1 inches, a)— length 43.5 inches, a)— width 2 inches, and b)— length 23.5 inches
Comment:
Photo: 15-20154.
Loans:
S1966-1967 #9: Palo Alto Junior Museum and Zoo (October 10, 1966–December 17, 1966), S1967-1968 #80: California League of American Indians (January 26, 1968–January 29, 1968), S1969-1970 #92: Education (UC Berkeley) (March 2, 1970–March 3, 1970), S1970-1971 #25: Oakland Museum of California (September 25, 1970–April 9, 1971), S1984-1985 #44: UC San Francisco Medical Center (May 9, 1985–August 31, 1987), and S2018-2019 #4: Bundeskunsthalle (August 27, 2019–January 16, 2020)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 5 titled Fire drill, accession number 1-17041a,b, described as Fire hearth and drill made from redwood and buckeye. Made and used by Ishi in the Museum during 1912.Hearst Museum object 2 of 5 titled Fire drill, accession number 1-17041a,b, described as Fire hearth and drill made from redwood and buckeye. Made and used by Ishi in the Museum during 1912.Hearst Museum object 3 of 5 titled Fire drill, accession number 1-17041a,b, described as Fire hearth and drill made from redwood and buckeye. Made and used by Ishi in the Museum during 1912.Hearst Museum object 4 of 5 titled Fire drill, accession number 1-17041a,b, described as Fire hearth and drill made from redwood and buckeye. Made and used by Ishi in the Museum during 1912.Hearst Museum object 5 of 5 titled Fire drill, accession number 1-17041a,b, described as Fire hearth and drill made from redwood and buckeye. Made and used by Ishi in the Museum during 1912.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fire drill, accession number 1-17041a,b, described as Fire hearth and drill made from redwood and buckeye. Made and used by Ishi in the Museum during 1912.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fire drill, accession number 1-17041a,b, described as Fire hearth and drill made from redwood and buckeye. Made and used by Ishi in the Museum during 1912.

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