Fire-making set consisting of two fire sticks, a hearth [.1] and drill [.2], which are inserted into a cap [.3] [AF [OPS Move] 7/7/2017]

Collection type: Object
Description: Fire-making set consisting of two fire sticks, a hearth [.1] and drill [.2], which are inserted into a cap [.3] [AF [OPS Move] 7/7/2017]
Long description: Fire-making set consisting of two fire sticks, a hearth [.1] and drill [.2], which are inserted into a cap [.3]. The two sticks have been carved to be slightly tapering at both ends, with the hearth having a circular dip into which the more shaved end of the drill can be placed. The cap consists of two reed tubes that are bound around with textile and coated with ?wax. [JMC 26/3/2019]
Geographical reference: Australia
Oceania > Australia and New Zealand > Australia; Queensland Cape York Peninsula
Person: Field collector Henry Balfour; PRM source Henry Balfour
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1914
Date collected: By 1914
Acquisition information: Bequeathed: 1939
Materials and processes: Material Wood Plant, Material Reed Plant, Material Textile, Material Wax, Process Woven, Process Carved
Dimensions: Depth: max 20 mm total, Depth: max 20 mm, Diameter: max 13 mm, Diameter: max 13 mm, Width: max 32 mm total, Width: max 32 mm, Length: max 1263 mm total, Length: max 1218 mm, Length: max 1242 mm, Length: max 141 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1938.35.8 Other numbers: 688 a-c