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Object Number 64-18-70/4406
Display Title Fire thong - bamboo
Descriptions
Inventory Description Unclassified tool, narrow bamboo strip, twisted and tied in ring
Classification
  • Tools
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Dani
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / New Guinea
Oceania / Indonesia
Additional Geographic Terms Grand Valley of Baliem; Kutelu Area
Materials Bamboo
Dimensions Overall: 11.4 x 12 x 1.4 cm (4 1/2 x 4 3/4 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 64-18-70/4406

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