Fire Drill and Hearth in Sheath; Queensland, Australia

Fire-drill (length = 1295 mm), consisting of a wooden tapering wand; and Hearth (length = 1270 mm), consisting of a wooden tapering wand, with two small drill-pits: each with a side-notch, at one end; and Sheath (length = 178 mm) wooden double-barrelled, which at one end is overlaid with resinous pitch and scarlet-and-black Jequirity (Abrus precatorius) seeds, North Queensland, Australia, 1927-1937

Details

Category:
Firemaking
Object Number:
1937-682/43
type:
hearths
credit:
Wilkinson Sword Ltd.

Parts

Fire-drill, consisting of a wooden tapering wand

Fire-drill, consisting of a wooden tapering wand

Fire-drill (length = 1295 mm), consisting of a wooden tapering wand, North Queensland, Australia, 1927-1937

Materials:
wood (unidentified)
Object Number:
1937-682/43/1
type:
fire-drill
Hearth, consisting of a wooden tapering wand, with two drill-pits

Hearth, consisting of a wooden tapering wand, with two drill-pits

Hearth (length = 1270 mm), consisting of a wooden tapering wand, with two small drill-pits: each with a side-notch, at one end, North Queensland, Australia, 1927-1937

Materials:
wood (unidentified)
Object Number:
1937-682/43/2
type:
hearths
Sheath, with Jequirity (Abrus precatorius) seeds

Sheath, with Jequirity (Abrus precatorius) seeds

Sheath (length = 178 mm), wooden double-barrelled, which at one end is overlaid with resinous pitch and scarlet-and-black Jequirity (Abrus precatorius) seeds, North Queensland, Australia, 1927-1937

Materials:
abrus precatorius
Object Number:
1937-682/43/3
type:
sheaths