Fire sticks - not used now except in case of emergency – Objects

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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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