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Cane fire-making set ("bwoika") - used for striking sparks to make fire. +
Cane fire-making set ("bwoika") - used for striking sparks to make fire. +
Object Number 39-17-70/1177
Display Title Cane fire-making set ("bwoika") - used for striking sparks to make fire. +
Descriptions
Indigenous Term Bwoika
Inventory Description Case, bamboo segment, incised linear design at rim
Classification
  • Box
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Madik
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Dutch New Guinea / <State> / <County> / <City> / Sanke Doek
Materials Bamboo
Dimensions Overall: 48.1 x 2.8 x 2.9 cm (18 15/16 x 1 1/8 x 1 1/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 39-17-70/1177

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Man's cane fire-making set ("bweka"). Piece of china is struck on cane+
39-17-70/1179 Man's cane fire-making set ("bweka"). Piece of china is struck on cane+
Case
Sanke Doek
Pipe, tobacco, fire-striker and stone to make a spark, metal knife and fungus used as tinder, with a ruler for measurement
2001.29.20897 Pipe, tobacco, fire-striker and stone to make a spark, metal knife and fungus used as tinder, with a ruler for measurement
/Ai Ha !O Pan
Pipe, tobacco, fire-striker and stone to make a spark, metal knife and fungus used as tinder, with a ruler for measurement
2001.29.27276 Pipe, tobacco, fire-striker and stone to make a spark, metal knife and fungus used as tinder, with a ruler for measurement
/Ai Ha !O Pan
/Twikwe's hands striking a spark with a metal knife and a stone
2001.29.20898 /Twikwe's hands striking a spark with a metal knife and a stone
/Ai Ha !O Pan
/Twikwe's hands striking a spark with a metal knife and a stone
2001.29.27277 /Twikwe's hands striking a spark with a metal knife and a stone
/Ai Ha !O Pan
Cane tube used in fire-making. Contains tinder of powdered bark mixed +
39-17-70/1176 Cane tube used in fire-making. Contains tinder of powdered bark mixed +
Case
Sanke Doek
≠Gao (headman of Band 3) and "/Qui Hunter" (≠Gao's sister's husband) starting to make fire, with ≠Gao holding the tinder and blowing on the spark (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.25682 ≠Gao (headman of Band 3) and "/Qui Hunter" (≠Gao's sister's husband) starting to make fire, with ≠Gao holding the tinder and blowing on the spark (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
≠Gao (headman of Band 3) and "/Qui Hunter" (≠Gao's sister's husband) starting to make fire, with ≠Gao holding the tinder and blowing on the spark
2001.29.14072 ≠Gao (headman of Band 3) and "/Qui Hunter" (≠Gao's sister's husband) starting to make fire, with ≠Gao holding the tinder and blowing on the spark
Gautscha
Cane tube used for making fire. Piece of china is struck on cane to +
39-17-70/1178 Cane tube used for making fire. Piece of china is struck on cane to +
Case
Sanke Doek
Piece of quartz for striking a spark, and a lump of ghero (wax) which is pounded from a plant and cooked, used as an adhesive, with a ruler for measurement
2001.29.20888 Piece of quartz for striking a spark, and a lump of ghero (wax) which is pounded from a plant and cooked, used as an adhesive, with a ruler for measurement
/Ai Ha !O Pan
Piece of quartz for striking a spark, and a lump of ghero (wax) which is pounded from a plant and cooked, used as an adhesive, with a ruler for measurement
2001.29.27268 Piece of quartz for striking a spark, and a lump of ghero (wax) which is pounded from a plant and cooked, used as an adhesive, with a ruler for measurement
/Ai Ha !O Pan
Fire-Making: ≠Gao (headman of Band 3) sitting with his brother, "/Qui Hunter," using firesticks and grass tinder to make a fire
2001.29.2975 Fire-Making: ≠Gao (headman of Band 3) sitting with his brother, "/Qui Hunter," using firesticks and grass tinder to make a fire
Nyae Nyae Conservancy