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Fire sticks for producing new fire in ceremonies, etc.
Fire sticks for producing new fire in ceremonies, etc.
Object Number 04-19-70/63280.1
Display Title Fire sticks for producing new fire in ceremonies, etc.
Descriptions
Inventory Description Unclassified tool, bent reed fragments, wrapped in bundle, tied with plant fiber
Classification
  • Tools
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Malaysia / Borneo
Oceania / Malaysia / Borneo
Materials Reed, Plant fiber
Dimensions Overall: 35.5 x 8.9 x 2.4 cm (14 x 3 1/2 x 15/16 in.)
Quantity 1 bundle

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/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
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/Ai Ha !O Pan
/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