Fire Piston Piston
50-49-1532A
From: Philippine Islands | Luzon | Northern Luzon | Benguet
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | 50-49-1532A |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Philippine Islands | Luzon | Northern Luzon | Benguet |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Wood |
| Description | Piston part of a fire piston. Wood, brown, tapering from flat round top to narrow end with depression for tinder. Below the top a carved knop and a band of incised chevrons and short parallel lines. This, together with 50-49-1532B, found with 50-49-1533. Original description: "Piston: light orange wood; decorative biconical expansion below rounded, flat, push-knob; top of piston shaft bears incised centiipede motif." |
| Length | 11.5 cm |
| Width | 2.3 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Misses Elizabeth H. Metcalf and Sarah S. Metcalf, 1950 |
| Other Number | 39 - Other Number |
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