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Object Number 48-51-70/2952
Display Title Sticks for making fire
Descriptions
Object Description Sticks for making fire
Inventory Description Sticks, worked wood, burnt end and hole, notched, split
Classification
  • Tools
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Federated States of Micronesia / <State> / Yap Islands
Additional Geographic Terms Caroline Islands
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 44 x 1.2 x 1.2 cm (17 5/16 x 1/2 x 1/2 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 48-51-70/2952

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