Fire Making Stick
31-33-291B
From: Australia | Western Australia | Port George IV | Hanover Bay
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | 31-33-291B |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Australia | Western Australia | Port George IV | Hanover Bay |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Wood | Sinew | Plant Fiber |
| Description | Fire making stick. One in a bundle of fire making drills and base, bound together (along with dry leaf tinder) by a twisted cord of black hair. The base has eight round shallow holes, in which the drills are twirled to make fire. |
| Length | 42 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from A. E. West, 1931 |
| Other Number | 151 - Other Number |
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