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Fire sticks
Object Number 81-23-60/24586C
Display Title Fire sticks
Descriptions
Inventory Description Fire starter, wood drill stick, one end sharpened to chunky point, drilling mark
Classification
  • Fire starter
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Ainu
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / Japan
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 14 x 2.3 x 2.1 cm (5 1/2 x 7/8 x 13/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 24.586.c
Provenance
Collector Prof. D. P. Penhallow (1880 - 1881)
Donor Prof. D. P. Penhallow (1880 - 1881)

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