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Object Number 34-91-50/947
Display Title Set of fire sticks
Descriptions
Inventory Description Tool, fire stick and board, stick slightly burnished with one end singed
Classification
  • Raw Material
  • Tools
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Wataita?
  • Tereki?
  • Hamite?
  • Maragoli?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Kenya
Additional Geographic Terms Taita; Mt. Mbololo; Voi, 10 miles from
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 64.5 x 0.4 x 0.4 cm (25 3/8 x 3/16 x 3/16 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 34-91-50/947

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