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Object Number
32-68-70/D4000
Display Title
Fire lighters
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Three wooden sticks, red and white pigments, two sticks wrapped at one end with plant fiber and twisted hair cordage
Classification
- Mechanical
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Australia
/
Western Australia
Oceania / Australia / Western Australia / Kimberley
Oceania / Australia / Western Australia / Kimberley
Additional Geographic Terms
Port George IV
Dimensions
Overall: 60.4 × 3.2 × 3 cm (23 3/4 × 1 1/4 × 1 3/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
D/4000; 31-33-289-a; 31-33-289-b; 31-33-289-c
Provenance
Collector
Penn Museum
(1903)
Seller
University of Pennsylvania
(4/11/1932-5/9/1932)
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