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Fire stick
Object Number 72-20-50/6763
Display Title Fire stick
Descriptions
Inventory Description Stick, carved wood, bark removed
Classification
  • Stick
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / South Africa
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 58 x 0.7 x 0.7 cm (22 13/16 x 1/4 x 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 6763
Provenance
Collector South African Museum
Donor Museum of Comparative Zoology (1872)

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