- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- [1 of] 5 firesticks of palm-leaf mid-rib bound together in four places by string, tapering to a point at one end. [AFS [OPS move] 26/11/2018]
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1899
- Date collected
- By 1899
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1932, uncertain Bequeathed: 1939
- Materials and processes
- Material Palm Leaf Plant, Material String, Process Bound
- Dimensions
- Diameter: max 8 mm, Length: max 740 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1932.88.31
Search terms: Fire, Fire Accessory, Match
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