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Thong fire-drill and hearth, Port Clarence, Alaska

Thong fire-drill and hearth, Port Clarence, Alaska

Fire-plough and Hearth (lengths 18 ins and 17 ins); hearth oval in shape

Fire-plough and Hearth (lengths 18 ins and 17 ins); hearth oval in shape

Hearth for a fire-drill

Hearth for a fire-drill

Hearth, in form of an Australian native Shield of thick soft wood, curved in front, with sunken hand-hold at back; surface covered all over, both back and front, with red ochre

Hearth, in form of an Australian native Shield of thick soft wood, curved in front, with sunken hand-hold at back; surface covered all over, both back and front, with red ochre

Fire Hearth in form of a Ceremonial Shield - Australia

Fire Hearth in form of a Ceremonial Shield - Australia

Fire Drill and Hearth - Nyasaland.

Fire Drill and Hearth - Nyasaland.

Fire-saw and Hearth (lengths 16 ins and 7 3/4 ins)

Fire-saw and Hearth (lengths 16 ins and 7 3/4 ins)

Drill, Hearth, and Drill-bow (lengths 10 3/4 ins, 13 1/2 ins, and 16 ins), with Mouthpiece, as used by the Eskimo; the bow formed from the rib of a caribou; the mouthpiece formed from a vertebra of the same animal. North America.

Drill, Hearth, and Drill-bow

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

Fire Drill and Hearth in Sheath; Queensland, Australia

Fire-drill, consisting of a wooden tapering wand; and Hearth, consisting of a wooden tapering wand, with two small drill-pits: each with a side-notch, at one end; and a Sheath, 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

Fire Drill and Hearth in Sheath; Queensland, Australia

Hearth (length 7 ins) and Sawing-thong of split rattan, coiled; as used by the Tapiro, a pigmy race of Dutch New Guinea. Papua.

Hearth (length 7 ins) and Sawing-thong of split rattan

Fire-drill (length = 1422 mm), consisting of a wooden tapering wand; and Hearth (length = 1397 mm), consisting of a wooden tapering wand, with two small drill-pits: each with a side-notch, at one end; and a Sheath (length = 241 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

Fire Drill and Hearth in Sheath; Queensland, Australia

Fire-drill (length = 1105 mm x diameter = 11 mm), consisting of a wooden tapering wand; and Hearth (length = 1005 mm x diameter = 15 mm), main part, consisting of a wooden tapering wand, which is broken at one end, and with two small drill-pits: each with a side-notch, at one end; and Hearth broken part (length = 126 mm x diameter = 15 mm); and a Sheath (length = 270 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

Fire Drill and Hearth in Sheath; Queensland, Australia

Brazing hearth

Fire Drill and Hearth - Uganda

Fire Drill and Hearth - Uganda

Fire-drill, consisting of a wooden tapering wand; and Hearth, consisting of a wooden tapering wand, with two small drill-pits: each with a side-notch at one end; and a Sheath (length = 165 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

Fire Drill and Hearth in Sheath; Queensland, Australia

Fire-saw and Hearth (lengths 10 1/2 ins and 16 ins), both of bamboo; has been used very many times. Philippine Islands.

Fire-saw and Hearth (lengths 10 1/2 ins and 16 ins)

Hearth (length 15 ins) of soft wood and Sawing-thong (17 1/2 ins) of split bamboo; collected in the Naga Hills, November 1922; presented by Mr Henry Balfour. (Note the split end of the hearth, between the two ends of which, kept slightly apart by a small stone, some tinder is placed.) India.

Hearth (length 15 ins) of soft wood and Sawing-thong (17 1/2 ins) of split bamboo