Flint and Steel Case
Flint
Steel
P923
From: Borneo | Sarawak
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | P923 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Kenyah |
| Provenience | Borneo | Sarawak |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Bamboo | Metal | Gourd | Stone |
| Description | Flint case with accessories. Betik. Bamboo cylinder with removable top tethered to it by a twisted cord, both with decorative coverings of woven vine. Attached to this by twisted cord are a flat piece of stone ( flint), an oval gourd with stopper, and a small piece of Copper Alloy. Incorrectly identified in Home-Life of Borneo Head-Hunters as a "small tobacco box, covered with plaited fern-fibre . . . [ to which ] are attached a whet stone and a gourd to hold a supply of pith butts for the blow-pipe darts." (Home-Life of Borneo Head-Hunters) |
| Height | 18.732 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Dr. William H. Furness 3rd., 1898 |
| Other Number | 37 - Other Number |
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