Fire Making Device And Sample Of Material Used
date: label: Accession Date
content: 8 Jul 1902
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "CONSISTING OF A TUBE AND PLUNGER, CARVED FROM HARDWOOD. THE MATERIAL IS A PILLI-OR FUNGUS. THE PLUNGER IS DRIVEN RAPIDLY BY A SMART BLOW, THE HEAT THUS GENERATED SETTING FIRE TO PITH PLACED IN THE END OF THE PLUNGER. THE PLUNGER IS PULLED OUT VERY QUICKLY AFTER BEING DRIVEN IN SO AS TO ALLOW THE PITH TO IGNITE. ILLUS. IN PROCEEDINGS, USNM, VOL. 73, ART. 14, PL. 11, FIG. 4; P. 72."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 8 Feb 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 3
place: label: Place
content: Laguna De Bay, Luzon, Philippines
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Tagal (Tagalog)
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 039609
label: USNM Number
content: E216736-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Fire Piston/Tinder