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Fire making "block and plow"
Fire making "block and plow"
Object Number 29-4-50/H741
Display Title Fire making "block and plow"
Descriptions
Object Description Fire making "block and plow"
Inventory Description Fire board and stick, worked wood board with 2 grooves, cracked, pointed, worke
Classification
  • Tools
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Basoko
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Congo
Additional Geographic Terms Aruwimi District; Congo, left bank of; Basoko, opposite
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 5 x 17.4 x 5.6 cm (1 15/16 x 6 7/8 x 2 3/16 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object H/741

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