Fire-making set consisting of a split stick, bamboo thong and bark-cloth tinder. The stick has several carved intersecting carved channels at the fork of the split from use. [AFS [OPS move] 26/11/2018]

Collection type: Object
Description: Fire-making set consisting of a split stick, bamboo thong and bark-cloth tinder. The stick has several carved intersecting carved channels at the fork of the split from use. [AFS [OPS move] 26/11/2018]
Long description: Fire-making set consisting of a split stick, bamboo thong and bark-cloth tinder. The stick has several carved intersecting carved channels at the fork of the split from use. The bark-cloth tinder has been inserted into the fork of the stick and the bamboo thong is coiled and bound with black string to one of the forks. A piece of red textile has been tied around the stick below the fork. [AFS [OPS move] 26/11/2018]
Geographical reference: Papua New Guinea
Oceania > Melanesia > Papua New Guinea
Cultural groups: Anga
Person: Field collector John Hubert Plunkett Murray; PRM source John Hubert Plunkett Murray
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1919
Date collected: By 1919
Acquisition information: Donated: 1919
Materials and processes: Material Bamboo Plant, Material Bark Cloth Textile Plant, Material Textile, Material Pigment, Material Wood Plant, Process Beaten, Process Split, Process Carved
Dimensions: Length: max 455 mm, Width: max 60 mm, Depth: max 58 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1919.46.6

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