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Object Number 30-54-70/D3424
Display Title Fire drill and hearth
Descriptions
Inventory Description Unclassified tool, cylindrical fire drill, three puncatations, white lines on he
Classification
  • Tools
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Yolngu
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Australia / Northern Territory / Arnhem Land
Oceania / Australia / Northern Territory
Additional Geographic Terms Northeast
Materials Wood, Pigment
Dimensions Overall: 62.2 x 1.5 x 1.4 cm (24 1/2 x 9/16 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object D3424
Provenance
Collector W. Lloyd Warner (1929-1930)
Seller W. Lloyd Warner (1930)

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