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Fire paddle
Object Number 2000.30.21
Display Title Fire paddle
Descriptions
Object Description Fire paddle
Inventory Description Fire paddle, wooden, spatulate end blackened
Classification
  • Tools
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • San
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Botswana
Additional Geographic Terms Kalahari Desert; Africa, Southern
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 65.5 x 5.5 x 1.8 cm (25 13/16 x 2 3/16 x 11/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 2000.30.21
Credit Line Gift of DeVore family
Provenance
Collector Irven DeVore (1964 - 12/19/00)
Donor Irven DeVore (1964 - 12/19/00)

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