Fire sticks for producing new fire in ceremonies, etc.

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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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Image Not Available for /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
Image Not Available for /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	2001.29.20878	/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

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