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Set of fire drills
Object Number 25-46-70/D2421
Display Title Set of fire drills
Descriptions
Inventory Description Fire drill, two wood sticks tied with plant fiber wrapping and hair? cord
Classification
  • Tools
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Australia / Western Australia
Oceania / Australia / Western Australia / Kimberley / <City> / Drysdale River
Additional Geographic Terms Drysdale River
Materials Wood, Plant fiber, Hair?
Dimensions Overall: 121 x 3 x 1.8 cm (47 5/8 x 1 3/16 x 11/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object D-2421; Wusdale River
Provenance
Intermediary Mrs. Walter Badenach (1924)
Seller Unknown (1925)

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