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Object Number 31-53-70/D3880
Display Title Base for fire thong
Descriptions
Object Description Base for fire thong
Inventory Description Fire starter?, carved wood, four rounded sides, four channels
Classification
  • Fire starter
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Malaysia / Borneo
Oceania / Malaysia / Borneo
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 58.9 x 5 x 4.6 cm (23 3/16 x 1 15/16 x 1 13/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object D/3880

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