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: Ea8920

: World Cultures

: stick

: Tool by Product

: A so-called 'fire stick', a tool used to produce fire, consisting of a piece of wood with a groove in it. Attributed to the Ngombe people. Collected by Rev. Kenred Smith in Northern Democratic Republic of Congo when it was the Congo Free State and later Belgian Congo. He was primarily based at Bopoto (Upoto) Station, a Baptist Missionary Society post on the Upper River from the years 1896 - 1914.

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: Kenred Smith

: Congo - use only if you do not know if it is Republic of the Congo or Democratic Republic of the Con, Central / Middle Africa, Africa

: Ngombe

: Ngombe

: Smith, Mr Kenred

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