Photograph of two natives of India (Badagas of the Nilgiri Hills) making fire with a Thong Fire-drill

PART OF:: Bryant and May collection of fire-making appliances.

Made:: Bow

Photograph of two Natives of India (Badagas of the Nilgiri

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Photograph of two Natives of India (Badagas of the Nilgiri
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Photograph of two Natives of India (Badagas of the Nilgiri Hills) making fire with a Thong Fire-drill; one holding the hearth in position with his feet and the head of the drill in position with a piece of cocoa-nut shell, the other pulling the thong backwards and forwards; the hearth of unusual length (about 2 ft) and size. (see Thurston's "Ethnographic Notes in Southern India", p. 467 and pl. xxviii a: 1906).

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Category:: Firemaking

Object Number:: 1937-682/71

type:: photographs

credit:: Wilkinson Sword Ltd.

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