Firestarting steel
Usage Conditions Apply
- Culture/People
- Selk'nam (Ona)
- Collector
- Charles W. Furlong (Charles Wellington Furlong), Non-Indian, 1874-1967
- Previous owner
- Charles W. Furlong (Charles Wellington Furlong), Non-Indian, 1874-1967
- Seller
- Charles W. Furlong (Charles Wellington Furlong), Non-Indian, 1874-1967
- Object Name
- Firestarting steel
- Media/Materials
- Stone
- Techniques
- Unmodified
- Object Type
- Tools and Equipment (General)
- Place
- Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego; Tierra del Fuego Province, Magallanes y Antártica Chilena Region XII; Argentina, Chile
- Archipelago
- Tierra del Fuego Archipelago
- Island Name
- Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego
- Collection History
- Collected in 1907 or 1908 by American explorer, writer, artist, and photographer Charles Wellington Furlong (1874-1967) during his expeditions to Tierra del Fuego; purchased by MAI from Charles Furlong in 1916.
- Catalog Number
- 5/8558
- Barcode
- 058558.000
- See related items
- Selk'nam (Ona)
- Tools and Equipment (General)
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Contact Us
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