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1938.35.71.1

Fire making apparatus. Consisting of a tube pipe with two bamboo tubes tied on to it. The pipe is made from a hollowed section of bamboo, beginning at the root, with string tied to it. The bamboo tubes are tied together at their ends, the upper halves of both cut in such as way as to leave only a projecting strip. For the component parts see 1938.35.71 .2 - .4 [AB [OPS Move] 19/4/2017]

1938.35.71.1

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Collection type
Object
Description
Fire making apparatus. Consisting of a tube pipe with two bamboo tubes tied on to it. The pipe is made from a hollowed section of bamboo, beginning at the root, with string tied to it. The bamboo tubes are tied together at their ends, the upper halves of both cut in such as way as to leave only a projecting strip. For the component parts see 1938.35.71 .2 - .4 [AB [OPS Move] 19/4/2017]
Person
Field collector A. Suchetet
PRM source Henry Balfour
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1893
Date collected
By 1893
Acquisition information
Bequeathed: 1939
Materials and processes
Material Bamboo Plant, Material String, Process Tied, Process Hollowed, Process Perforated
Dimensions
Depth: max 30 mm, Width: max 40 mm, Length: max 570 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1938.35.71.1 Other numbers: 751

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