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Fire sticks - not used now except in case of emergency
Fire sticks - not used now except in case of emergency
Object Number 22-2-50/B3420
Display Title Fire sticks - not used now except in case of emergency
Descriptions
Object Description Fire sticks - not used now except in case of emergency by older generation - made for me by one who used this method.
Inventory Description Fire sticks, carved wood cylindrical, one socketed, one curved end
Classification
  • Tools
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Basa?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms Cameroon, southern
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 34.4 x 2.2 x 1.8 cm (13 9/16 x 7/8 x 11/16 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 22-2-50/B3420

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