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Object Number 81-23-60/24586A
Display Title Fire sticks
Descriptions
Inventory Description Fire strater, wood stick, brittle, partial hole drilled in middle of one side
Classification
  • Fire starter
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Ainu
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / Japan
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 12.4 x 2 x 1.5 cm (4 7/8 x 13/16 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 24.586.a
Provenance
Collector Prof. D. P. Penhallow (1880 - 1881)
Donor Prof. D. P. Penhallow (1880 - 1881)

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