Firestarting set

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Culture/People: Copper Inuit [Ahagmiut/Coronation Gulf]
Collector: Donald A. Cadzow, Non-Indian, 1894-1960

Collection History: Collected in 1919 by Donald A. Cadzow (1894-1960, MAI staff member) during MAI-sponsored fieldwork.
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Place: Coronation Gulf; Kitkmeot Region (Qitirmiut); Nunavut; Canada

See related items: Copper Inuit [Ahagmiut/Coronation Gulf]; Tools and Equipment (General)

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 9/5491
Barcode: 095491.000

Object Type: Tools and Equipment (General)

Object Name: Firestarting set
Media/Materials: Marmot skin/fur, vegetal material, pyrite/iron pyrite, sealskin/fur, animal gut/intestines, whale hide/skin
Techniques: Flaked/chipped

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6e54aa466-a382-4f71-8203-a83431c92bec

Record ID: NMAI_103247