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Object Number 35-36-60/2070
Display Title Rectangular wooden fire-piston
Descriptions
Inventory Description Piston, carved wood, rectangular with two receptacles, separate wood cylinder
Classification
  • Tools
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Western Lao?
  • Laotian Thai?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / Thailand
Additional Geographic Terms Indochina: North: Chiengrai
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 9 x 4.2 x 2.4 cm (3 9/16 x 1 5/8 x 15/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 35-36-60/2070

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