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Object Number 31-53-70/D3878
Display Title Base
Descriptions
Inventory Description Fire starter, bamboo segment, open one side, burnt slits, bamboo stick
Classification
  • Fire starter
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Malaysia / Borneo
Oceania / Malaysia / Borneo
Materials Bamboo
Dimensions Overall: 55 x 3.8 x 2.3 cm (21 5/8 x 1 1/2 x 7/8 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object D/3878

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