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1938.35.15

Fire sticks, drill & hearth inserted into a "cap". The two sticks are straight, one is longer than the other, the ends are rounded. The cap opening is bound with reed, then expands into a knob covered with Abrus precatorius seeds set into black coloured wax. [AB [OPS Move] 10/7/2017]

1938.35.15

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Collection type
Object
Description
Fire sticks, drill & hearth inserted into a "cap". The two sticks are straight, one is longer than the other, the ends are rounded. The cap opening is bound with reed, then expands into a knob covered with Abrus precatorius seeds set into black coloured wax. [AB [OPS Move] 10/7/2017]
Person
Field collector Henry Balfour
PRM source Henry Balfour
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1939
Date collected
By 1939
Acquisition information
Bequeathed: 1939
Materials and processes
Material Wood Plant, Material Reed Plant, Material Wax, Material Orchid Stem Plant, Material Abrus Precatorius Seed Plant, Process Bound, Process Carved
Dimensions
Depth: max 44 mm, Width: max 48 mm, Length: max 1385 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1938.35.15 Other numbers: 695 a-c

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