Small Fur Covered Bag, With Fire Stone & Tinder Item Number: E60232-0 from the National Museum of Natural History
Notes
From old 19th or early 20th century exhibit label stored with artifact: "Strike-a-light - Pouch, made of the skins from the heads of, probably, the dog, rudely sewed together. It contains tinder of moss and a lump of pyrites. Width 6 1/2 inches. Sitka, Alaska."
Item History
- Made in Hoonah, Chichagof Island, Alaska, USA
- Collected by Sgt. John J. McLean in Hoonah, Chichagof Island, Alaska, USA during 1881
- Received on June 23, 1882
What
- Name
- Small Fur Covered Bag, With Fire Stone & Tinder
- Identification Number
- E60232-0
- Type of Item
- fire set
Who
- Culture
- Tlingit and Hoonah
- Field Collector
- Sgt. John J. McLean
Where
- Holding Institution
- National Museum of Natural History
- Made in
- Hoonah, Chichagof Island, Alaska, USA
- Collected in
- Hoonah, Chichagof Island, Alaska, USA
When
- Collection Date
- during 1881
- Acquisition Date
- on June 23, 1882
Other
- Accession Number
- 011616