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Piston fire machine of buffalo horn and tinder box
Piston fire machine of buffalo horn and tinder box
Object Number 08-36-70/74173
Display Title Piston fire machine of buffalo horn and tinder box
Descriptions
Inventory Description Fire starter, cylindrical horn and wood piston, tied to incised reed tube
Classification
  • Fire starter
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Ifugao
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Philippines / Luzon / Eastern Lepanto
Oceania / Philippines / Luzon / Northern Nueva Vizcaya
Materials Horn, Reed, Plant fiber
Dimensions Overall: 13.8 x 2.1 x 2.1 cm (5 7/16 x 13/16 x 13/16 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 74173

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