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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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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 81-23-60/24586A | Fire sticks |
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