Fire-making by friction

amazonian

• The North-West Amazons: Notes of Some Months Spent Among Cannibal Tribes NAMES OF BORO CHIEFS AND MEDICINE-MEN / WITOTO / APPENDIX VIII / FOOTNOTES; lines 10993-11139 confidence: high

  Fire-making is described as rolling a reed in a cavity in a roncon stem; Wallace is cited for this method among the Kuretu.

  The passage describes fire made by rolling a reed in a cavity in a roncon stem and cites the method among the Kuretu.

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chaco amerindian

• An Unknown People in an Unknown Land: An Account of the Life and Customs of the Lengua Indians of the Paraguayan Chaco CHAPTER XXV / APPENDIX / LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS / LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; lines 557-687 confidence: high

  “Procuring Fire by Friction” and “Lengua Method of Producing Fire.”

  The illustration list explicitly names procuring fire by friction and a Lengua method of producing fire.

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malagasy

• The Great African Island: Chapters on Madagascar CHAPTER X. / CURIOUS AND NOTEWORTHY CUSTOMS AMONG THE DIFFERENT TRIBES / CHAPTEE XL / CURIOUS AND NOTEWORTHY CUSTOMS AMONG THE MALAGASY TRIBES; lines 361-381 confidence: medium

  Topic list includes houses and their arrangement, the house as compass and sundial, towns and villages, fire by friction, pottery, kissing or nose-rubbing, tattooing, hair, clothing, adornment, and weapons.

  The contents list explicitly includes 'Fire by friction.'

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malay

• Pagan Races of the Malay Peninsula, Volume 1 MANNERS AND CUSTOMS. / PART II / CHAPTER I. / I 12 FOOD PART II; lines 5910-5993 confidence: high

  Both Eastern and Western Semang practice fire-making by friction, usually by rubbing short blocks of wood together.

  Both Eastern and Western Semang are said to make fire by friction by rubbing short blocks of wood together.

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