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Object Number 96-25-70/49485
Display Title Fire making tools
Descriptions
Object Description Fire drill set
Inventory Description Unclassified tool, fire drill and hearth, one punctate drill board, one cylindri
Classification
  • Tools
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Australia / Queensland / Northern Queensland
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 40 x 1.1 x 1.1 cm (15 3/4 x 7/16 x 7/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 49485
Provenance
Collector Alexander Agassiz (1896)
Donor Donated by Alexander Agassiz (1896)

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