Fire Drill Shaft
P493B
From: Borneo | Sarawak
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | P493B |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Borneo | Sarawak |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Wood |
| Description | To make fire using a fire drill a soft, dry piece of wood is held on the gound and a hard stick is rolled between the hands and drilled into it, starting a fire in about forty seconds. This is the hard, upright stick. |
| Length | 36 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Dr. William H. Furness 3rd., 1898 |
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