Fire making set. Consisting of a wooden stock, split at one end with a stone wedged into the cleft. There is a brown paper packet of ?tinder tied around the stick. [AB [OPS move] 30/10/2018]

Collection type: Object
Description: Fire making set. Consisting of a wooden stock, split at one end with a stone wedged into the cleft. There is a brown paper packet of ?tinder tied around the stick. [AB [OPS move] 30/10/2018]
Long description: Fire making set. Consisting of a wooden stock, split at one end with a stone wedged into the cleft. There is a brown paper packet of ?tinder tied around the stick. Part way along the split there is a horizontal burnt band from friction. [AB [OPS move] 30/10/2018]
Geographical reference: India
Asia > Southern Asia > India; Nagaland
Cultural groups: Sümi Naga
Person: Field collector John Henry Hutton; PRM source John Henry Hutton
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1922
Date collected: By 1922
Acquisition information: Donated: 05/1922, uncertain Donated: 1923
Materials and processes: Material Wood Plant, Material Stone, Material Paper Plant, Material String, Material Bamboo Plant, Process Split, Process Burnt, Process Bound
Dimensions: Depth: max 25 mm, Width: max 44 mm, Length: max 361 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1923.84.863

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