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Fic. 21. Fire piston, Mandalay, Burma; lathe-turned cylinder of black horn, 
6.4 em.; piston of horn riveted to turned horn knob; attached to it are a cloth 
bag with vegetable-floss tinder, and a spherical, lathe-turned wooden box for 
grease. Given by Mr. H. O. Mordaunt to the author, 1899. 
Vic. 22. Fire piston, Ruby Mines, Mogok, Burma. Collected by Mr. Frank 
Atlay. From a sketch by Mr. D. Gunn. 
Fig. 25. Fire piston, mi-put, obtained from a pungi at a monastery, southern 
Shan states; cylinder of hard wood, 11.9 em.; piston of black horn, 13.1 cm. 
Collected by Mr. H. Leveson and given to the author, 1890. 
lic. 24. Fire piston, mi-put, southern Shan states; cylinder of black horn 
gracefully fluted, 8.5 em.; piston of black horn with.knob inlaid with metal pins, 
15.5 em.; furnished with a tinder pouch of palm spathe and a turned wooden 
grease box (fig. 24a). Collected by Mr. H. Leveson and given to the author, 
1891. 
Fic. 25. Fire piston, Khas or Kumuks, north of Luang Prabang, Siam; 
eylinder and piston of horn, with bag of vegetable-floss tinder. Science and 
Art Museum, Edinburgh. 
Vic. 26. Fire piston, gopi api (Malay) or lek-phoi-tok (Siamese), Ban Sai 
Kau, Nawnchik, Patani, Siamese Malay states; turned cylinder of black horn, 
5.7 em.; piston of horn, 6.5 em. Collected by Mr. Nelson Annandale and given 
to the Pitt-Rivers Museum, 1902. 
Fic. 27. Ditto, same data; cylinder of dark horn, lathe-turned, 8 cm.; piston 
of wood fitting into horn knob. Annandale collection; Pitt-Rivers Museum. 
lic. 28. Fire piston, gobek api, obtained from Malays in Jalor, Patani, 
Siamese Malay states; cylinder of light horn, 6.3 cm.; piston of wood. Col- 
lected by Mr. W. W. Skeat; Cambridge Museum. 
Fig. 29. Ditto, same data; cylinder of turned bone, 9.5 em.; piston of wood. 
Fic. 30. Fire piston, from the Samsam village of Ban Phra Muang, Trang, 
Siamese Malay states; cylinder of light horn, lathe-turned, 7 cm.; piston of 
turned black horn with knob hollowed out for holding tinder, 7.8 em.; Annan- 
dale collection, 1901; Pitt-Rivers Museum. 
Fic. 31. Fire piston, obtained by Mr. Henry Louis on the Ayer Katiah, a 
small tributary to the Teluban River (this presumably is the Telubin River in 
Patani), Malay Peninsula: cylinder of wood covered with cane-work rings, 6.5 
cm.; piston of hard wood; tinder box (fig. 31@) made from an entada bean. 
Given by Mr. F. W. Rudler to the British Museum, 1901. 
Fic. 32. Fire piston, Malays of Soepajang, Menangkabau, Sumatra; made of 
buffalo horn, cylinder c. 11 cm. long; copied from Veth, ** Midden Sumatra,” 
WET G), joes 2, jolls wxes:anar, seeds I) Auavol alsy, 
Fie. 33. Fire piston, Sumatra; copied from R. T. Pritchett, “ Smokiana,” p. 97. 
Fig. 34. Fire piston, Fort van der Capelle, North Padang, Sumatra; carved 
cylinder of dark horn, 8.2 cm.; piston of horn, carved, and with knob hollowed 
out for tinder and fitted with lid which, with a half turn, can be secured by a 
projection which passes through a notch (fig. 34a). Collected by Mr. Carl 
Bock; British Museum. 
Fig. 35. Fire piston, gochok api (Malay), pantang besi api (Sea Dayak), Sea 
Dayak, Simanggang, West Sarawak; cylinder of brass, lined with lead, 9.1 cm. ; 
lathe-turned piston of wood; canarium nut with vegetable tinder and brass 
pricker attached. Collected by Mr. D. I. S. Bailey, and given by him to the 
Pitt-Rivers Museum, 1904. 
Fic. 36. Fire piston, same data; cylinder of lead (or lead and tin) cast in 
bamboo mold, 8.1 em.; carved piston of hard wood, 11.6 cm. Bailey collection, 
Pitt-Rivers Museum, 1904. 
