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Fire stick
Object Number 79-80-50/20082
Display Title Fire stick
Descriptions
Inventory Description Fire sticks, 1 w/ indentations (4 burnt, 2 not), other w/ 1 end tapered/darken
Classification
  • Fire starter
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 31 x 1 x 1 cm (12 3/16 x 3/8 x 3/8 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 20,082
Provenance
Collector Dr. Charles Pickering (1843-1844)
Donor Mrs. Charles Pickering (1879)

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