- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Pair of fire sticks made of wood, bound together at one end with plant leaf and plant fibre string and twisted cord. [RH [OPS move] 14/8/2018]
- Geographical reference
- Southern Venezuela Orinoco River basin
- Cultural groups
- Sanumá
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1980
- Date collected
- 1979 - 1980
- Acquisition information
- Purchased: 1981
- Materials and processes
- Material Wood Plant, Material Plant Leaf, Material Bast Fibre Bark Plant, Process Carved, Process Bound, Process Twisted
- Dimensions
- Length: max 421 mm, Width: max 46 mm, Depth: max 33 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1981.33.89 Other numbers: 31
Search terms: Fire, Fire Accessory
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