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- Ayoreo peoples
- two pair of fire sticks, late 1800s–1976
- Where object was made: Paraguay
- wood, carving, burning
- Object Length/Diameter: a 32.5 x 1.3 cm
Object Length/Diameter: a 12 3/4 x 1/2 in
Object Length/Diameter: b 39 x 1 cm
Object Length/Diameter: b 15 3/8 x 3/8 in
Object Length/Diameter: c 33 x 1.2 cm
Object Length/Diameter: c 13 x 1/2 in
Object Length/Diameter: d 28.5 x 1.4 cm
Object Length/Diameter: d 11 1/4 x 1/2 in - Gift of Robert J. Smith
- Not on display
- 2007.5318.a-d
- Ayoreo peoples
- Open page with bookmarkable url
- Description
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These four sticks were used to make fires.
2007.5318.a: is a stick with a worn and rounded end (Ayoreo: dikitade).
2007.5318.b: is a stick with a worn and rounded end (Ayoreo: dikitade).
2007.5318.c: is stick with two holes worn into one end (Ayoreo: dikitadi).
2007.5318.d: is a stick with three holes worn into one end (Ayoreo: dikitadi).