2 fire sticks - //o wood – Objects

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Object Number 51-60-50/8798

Display Title 2 fire sticks - //o wood

Descriptions

Inventory Description Sticks, smooth, blackened at one end

Classification

Stick

Department Ethnographic

Culture

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Africa

Additional Geographic Terms Gautsche Pan; Kai Kai, 10-20 mi. west of

Materials Wood

Dimensions Overall: 37.5 x 0.9 x 0.9 cm (14 3/4 x 3/8 x 3/8 in.)

Quantity 2

Label on object 51-60-50/8798

Provenance

Expedition Peabody Museum Expedition (Summer 1951)

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Image Not Available for Twig of /o wood - used in manufacture of fire sticks	51-60-50/8796	Twig of /o wood - used in manufacture of fire sticks		Africa
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Image Not Available for /Twikwe's possessions, including (top to bottom, left to right) a piece of wood hollowed in center used to trip iron traps, a small stick, a bundle of sharpened sticks used to peg down a hide to stretch it, a fire paddle, 2 sticks, a digging stick, a bow, arrow with a bone point shaped like a needle, and a quiver, with a ruler for measurement	2001.29.27259	/Twikwe's possessions, including (top to bottom, left to right) a piece of wood hollowed in center used to trip iron traps, a small stick, a bundle of sharpened sticks used to peg down a hide to stretch it, a fire paddle, 2 sticks, a digging stick, a bow, arrow with a bone point shaped like a needle, and a quiver, with a ruler for measurement		/Ai Ha !O Pan
Image Not Available for /Twikwe's possessions, including (top to bottom, left to right) a piece of wood hollowed in center used to trip iron traps, a small stick, a bundle of sharpened sticks used to peg down a hide to stretch it, a fire paddle, 2 sticks, a digging stick, a bow, arrow with a bone point shaped like a needle, and a quiver, with a ruler for measurement	2001.29.20878	/Twikwe's possessions, including (top to bottom, left to right) a piece of wood hollowed in center used to trip iron traps, a small stick, a bundle of sharpened sticks used to peg down a hide to stretch it, a fire paddle, 2 sticks, a digging stick, a bow, arrow with a bone point shaped like a needle, and a quiver, with a ruler for measurement		/Ai Ha !O Pan
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