Photograph of two natives of India (Kanikars of Travancore) making fire with a simple fire-drill
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Photograph of two natives of India (Kanikars of Travancore) making fire with a simple Fire-drill; one holding the hearth in position, the other twirling the drill; the drill of unusual length (about 3 ft) (see Thurston's "Ethnographic Notes in Southern India", p. 466 and pl. xxviii: 1906).
Details
- Category:
- Firemaking
- Object Number:
- 1937-682/48
- type:
- photographs
- credit:
- Wilkinson Sword Ltd.