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Cork or pumice Chinese Fire Ball fire making device with metal handle made by the Chinese Fire Ball Company in Augusta, Maine.
fire-making and controlling equipment
pumice (volcanic glass)
cork (bark)
wire
Unknown
7 1/2 (H), 1 1/4 (diameter) (inches)
Gift of C. Malcom Watkins
2000.2175
Augusta (Kennebec county, Maine)
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