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Fire making set with ornamented cap
Fire making set with ornamented cap
Object Number 51-32-70/3295
Display Title Fire making set with ornamented cap
Descriptions
Inventory Description Fire starter, red ball of seeds on resin at end of two carved wood sticks
Classification
  • Mechanical
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Konaniin
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Australia / Queensland / Far North Queensland
Additional Geographic Terms Mitchell River
Materials Wood, Resin, Seed
Dimensions Overall: 103.5 x 4.6 x 4 cm (40 3/4 x 1 13/16 x 1 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 51-32-70/3295; Mitchell River Qu / Konani:n Tribe
Provenance
Collector Peabody Museum South Australian Expedition (06/26/1951)
Collector Dr. Joseph B. Birdsell (06/26/1951)
Collector N.B. Tindale (06/26/1951)

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