Fungus
Category
Natural History / Animals, Plants & Fossils
Date
1903
Materials
Fungus
Measurements
65 mm (H)100 mm (W)80 mm (D)
Place of origin
White River
Collection
Tatton Park, Cheshire
NT 1304003
Summary
A piece of fungus that grows on the bark of birch trees , which has been used for making fire. Associated label - A fungus that grows on the birch trees in Alaska. Collected by 1903. Part of Lord Egerton's collection of ethnographic objects once displayed in the Tenants' Hall.
Provenance
Collected by Lord Egerton in White River, Alaska, 1903
Marks and inscriptions
Associated label - A fungus that grows on the Birch trees in Alaska. This particular piece has been used by the Indians for making fire, with a pointed spruce stick and some birch bark crumbled into the holes as tinder. White River Alaska. The White River flows into the yukon river about 80 miles above Dawson City.