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Object Number 64-18-70/4264
Display Title Grooved wooden fire stick for use with fire thong
Descriptions
Inventory Description Tongs, wood sticks with bark, partially split lengthwise, incised grooves at top
Classification
  • Tongs
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Kapauku
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Papua New Guinea
Oceania / Indonesia
Additional Geographic Terms Mapia Region; Wissel Lakes, West of; Western Highlands of West N
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 36.5 x 3.2 x 1.9 cm (14 3/8 x 1 1/4 x 3/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 64-18-70/4264

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Indonesia
Grooved wooden fire stick for use with fire thong
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Tongs
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Papua New Guinea
Grooved wooden fire stick for use with fire thong
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