Fire Kit
Item number Na1711 a-d from the MOA: University of British Columbia.
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Description
Fire-making kit includes a dark-brown coloured seal skin pouch (part a) with gathered rim containing plant-like materials and bits of black cloth, a white-grey coloured crescent-shaped stone (part b), a rectangular-shaped dark grey flint piece (part c), and a light brown-yellow square piece of paper (part d).
Item History
- Made in Chesterfield Inlet, Nunavut, Canada and Igluligaarjuk, Nunavut, Canada
- Collected between 1969 and 1971
- Owned by Kenneth Dent before December 30, 1996
- Received from Kenneth Dent (Donor) on December 30, 1996
What
- Name
- Fire Kit
- Identification Number
- Na1711 a-d
- Type of Item
- fire kit
- Material
- seal skin, moss, flint mineral, stone, paper and fibre
- Overall
- height 4.3 cm, diameter 13.0 cm
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Chesterfield Inlet, Nunavut, Canada and Igluligaarjuk, Nunavut, Canada
Who
- Culture
- Inuit
- Previous Owner
- Kenneth Dent
- Received from
- Kenneth Dent (Donor)
When
- Collection Date
- between 1969 and 1971
- Ownership Date
- before December 30, 1996
- Acquisition Date
- on December 30, 1996
Other
- Condition
- good
- Current Location
- Case 51
- Accession Number
- 1718/0036 a-d
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