- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Fire-making hearth made of wood and split along its centre with a rock holding the split open. There is a grooved lateral band on the surface. [RH [OPS move] 14/8/2018]
- Cultural groups
- Anga
- Date / Period
- Date made: On or before 1937
- Date collected
- 1936 - 1937
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1938
- Materials and processes
- Material Wood Plant, Process Carved, Process Split
- Dimensions
- Length: max 190 mm, Depth: max 28 mm, Width: max 39 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1938.36.558 Other numbers: Blackwood ii 558
Search terms: Fire, Tool, Fire Accessory
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