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Fire stick
Object Number 992-27-30/11651
Display Title Fire stick
Descriptions
Object Description Fire stick, wood 28l x 2w x 1h
Inventory Description Wooden implement, flat, tapered at 1 end, round indentation at 1 end.
Classification
  • Tools
Department Ethnographic
Date 1931-1992
Culture
  • Yaruro
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Venezuela
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 28 x 2.6 x 1.3 cm (11 x 1 x 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 992-27-30/11651
Provenance
Collector Anthony Leeds (ca. 1958)
Donor Dr. Elizabeth Leeds (12/9/92)

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