Fire making kit

Museum number:
5-3049a-c
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21053049a@2dc
Accession number:
Acc.1717
Description:
Flint and steel set; Dyamkya; in leather pouch; A) steel, 3 inches; B) flint; C) leather pouch, 5 inches long, 1⅞ inches wide.
Donor:
Leonard Plotnicov and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Du Village, Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Nigeria; Birom; Du Village
Culture or time period:
Birom
Collector:
Leonard Plotnicov
Collection date:
1962
Materials:
Flint (rock)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Firemaking kits
Accession date:
1963
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Fire making kit, accession number 5-3049a-c, described as Flint and steel set; Dyamkya; in leather pouch; A) steel, 3 inches; B) flint; C) leather pouch, 5 inches long, 1⅞ inches wide.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fire making kit, accession number 5-3049a-c, described as Flint and steel set; Dyamkya; in leather pouch; A) steel, 3 inches; B) flint; C) leather pouch, 5 inches long, 1⅞ inches wide.

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