Tongs Item Number: C1551 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Two poles joined with cloth and pitch and with seeds set in pitch. Plain except for the red seeds set in the black pitch which joins the sticks.
History Of Use
Fire tongs
Item History
- Made in Queensland, Australia before 1927
- Collected between 1895 and 1927
- Owned by Frank Burnett before 1927
- Received from Frank Burnett (Donor) on July 25, 1927
What
Who
- Culture
- Australian
- Previous Owner
- Frank Burnett
- Received from
- Frank Burnett (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Queensland, Australia
When
- Creation Date
- before 1927
- Collection Date
- between 1895 and 1927
- Ownership Date
- before 1927
- Acquisition Date
- on July 25, 1927
Other
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 2191/1320