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Object Number 37-98-70/718
Display Title Wooden fire drill in 5 parts
Descriptions
Indigenous Term foejoe
Inventory Description Drill kit for fire starting, two wood sticks and platform, coconut shell, rolled
Classification
  • Drill
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Dutch East Indies / <State> / Nias Island / Soliga / Soliga
Additional Geographic Terms Central
Dimensions Overall: 35 x 5.8 x 3.3 cm (13 3/4 x 2 5/16 x 1 5/16 in.)
Quantity 5
Label on object 37-98-70/718; 163 c.; 163 b.; 163 d.

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