Fire Piston Piston

Piston part of a fire piston. Wood, brown, tapering from flat round top to narrow end with depression for tinder. Below the top a carved knop and a band of incised chevrons and short parallel lines. This, together with 50-49-1532B, found with 50-49-1533. <br />Original description: "Piston: light orange wood; decorative biconical expansion below rounded, flat, push-knob; top of piston shaft bears incised centiipede motif."

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Identifier

120,256_50-49-1532A

Origin

Philippine Islands|Northern Luzon (Benguet)

Materials

Wood

Physical Dimensions

11.5 cm long 2.3 cm wide

Provenance

Purchased from Misses Elizabeth H. Metcalf and Sarah S. Metcalf, 1950

Display status

Not on display

Official Website

http://www.penn.museum/collections/object/120256

Collection

Penn Museum

Source

Record accessed in February 2021
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“Fire Piston Piston,” Mapping Philippine Material Culture, accessed May 9, 2024, https://philippinestudies.uk/mapping/items/show/4657.

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