Firestick - ca. 4' long, dark wood, small circular indentation at one end – Objects

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Object Number 40-1-30/2084

Display Title Firestick - ca. 4' long, dark wood, small circular indentation at one end

Descriptions

Inventory Description Organic, wood, worked, stick, black pigment, round punctate incisions at one end

Classification

Worked Wood

Department Ethnographic

Date before 1939

Culture

Motilone

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

South America / Colombia

Additional Geographic Terms Barco Concession, of the Colombia Petroleum Co.; Cucuta, near

Materials Wood, Pigment

Dimensions Overall: 141.4 x 1.5 x 1.5 cm (55 11/16 x 9/16 x 9/16 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 40-1-30/2084

Provenance

Collector Randolph Winslow

Donor Donated by Randolph Winslow

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