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Object Number 30-54-70/D3499
Display Title Firemaking set with ornamented cap
Descriptions
Inventory Description Fire drill, two wood sticks, fiber wrapping, ball of red seeds, tied with cordag
Classification
  • Tools
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Tiwi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Australia / Northern Territory / Bathurst Islands
Dimensions Overall: 197 x 5.5 x 5.4 cm (77 9/16 x 2 3/16 x 2 1/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object D-3499; 30-54-70/D3499
Provenance
Collector W. Lloyd Warner (1929-1930)
Seller W. Lloyd Warner (1930)

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