Fire generating apparatus

Maker
Unknown Maker
Description
In 1974 Waikato Museum acquired a selection of items, including this fire generating apparatus, from Graham Jackson. Jackson was a New Zealand anthropologist who spent time living with and researching the Kopon and the Kalam people of the Lower Kaironk Valley in Papua New Guinea.

Jackson fieldnotes: Coil of rattan-like material employed in generating fire. This is used as a fire saw. A split piece of wood with tinder in the split is stood on while the saw is passed under it and pulled backwards and forwards. Manufactured and used probably by males only.
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Object detail

Maker
Media/Materials
Natural fibre, coiled.
Measurements
115 x 120 x 42mm - HxWxD
375mm - circumference.
Production place
Lower Kaironk Valley, Western Highlands, Papua New Guinea
Collection
Graham Jackson Collection/New Guinea Collection/Ethnology
Department collection type
Ethnology
Credit line
Collection of Waikato Museum Te Whare Taonga o Waikato
Accession number
1974/64/29

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