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Object Number 81-23-60/24586B
Display Title Fire sticks
Descriptions
Inventory Description Firestarter, wooden stick, brittle, one end very blackened
Classification
  • Fire starter
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Ainu
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / Japan
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 19.2 x 2.5 x 2 cm (7 9/16 x 1 x 13/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 24 586.b
Provenance
Collector Prof. D. P. Penhallow (1880 - 1881)
Donor Prof. D. P. Penhallow (1880 - 1881)

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