Fire Tongs
89-17-45
From: Papua New Guinea | Western Province, Papua New Guinea
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | 89-17-45 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Yonggom/Muyu |
| Provenience | Papua New Guinea | Western Province, Papua New Guinea |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Pandanus Root |
| Description | Fire tongs. Strip taken from the prop root of the wild pandanus, bent double, tips pointed. Heated before it is bent. used in cooking as well as for moving embers and lighted pieces of fire wood. |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Stuart A. Kirsch, 1989 |
| Other Number | 59 A - Other Number |
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