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1938.35.680.5

Strike-a-light flint. [PRA [OPS move] 30/8/2017]

1938.35.680.5

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Collection type
Object
Description
Strike-a-light flint. [PRA [OPS move] 30/8/2017]
Long description
Strike-a-light flint. Grey in colour with white translucent sections. Roughly pyramidal in shape, with ragged and smooth surfaces . For associated objects see [1938.35.680 .1 - .5] [PRA [OPS move] 30/8/2017][PRA [OPS move] 30/8/2017]
Geographical reference
Myanmar (Burma)
Asia > South-eastern Asia > Myanmar (Burma)
Southern Shan State
Cultural groups
Shan
Person
Field collector Henry George Ashworth Leveson
Field collector H.E. Leveson
PRM source Henry Balfour
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1891
Date collected
By 1891
Acquisition information
Bequeathed: 1939
Materials and processes
Material Flint Stone
Dimensions
Height: max 15 mm, Width: max 12 mm, Length: max 21 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1938.35.680.5 Other numbers: 1362 e
Research and responses

HGA Leveson is listed as "Officers in the Burma Commission" under "Deputy Commissioners, 3rd Grade" in The India List and India Office List for 1905 (p. 69) [Dan Hicks 7/3/2017]

Search terms: Fire, Specimen, Fire Accessory

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