I donated a fire hand drill set to my neighborhood museum, the Redondo Beach Historical Museum in Southern California. The museum has a very old collection of Indian artifacts from a nearby famous archaeological village site known as Chowigna. I conducted extensive research and enjoyable experiments to determine what woods were most likely used at Chowigna. The Horseweed (Conyza canadensis) stick drill and Willow (Salix sp.) for the base collected from the Chowigna area are plentiful there...
Museum Exhibit
Museum Exhibit