utensils for firemaking
Objectcode
EA/59/34
Description (brief)
Ring made from twisted rattan. Mwn wear this around the upper arm. Used for fire making. A strip is taken from the ring and rubbed quickly on a piece of soft wood. With the sparks a fuse is lit and a fire is started.
Dimensions (Ø)
16,0 cm
Thesaurus terms
Materials thesaurus
Materials thesaurus
» organic
» vegetal
» stem
» palm stem
» rattan
Cultural
Cultural origin
» Papua
» South West Coast
» Asmat
Geographic
Geographical term
» Papua
» Division South New-Guinea
» Subdivision Asmat
Object category
OVM Category
» vestiging
» verlichting, verwarming, vuur
» vuur aanmaken en in stand houden