Tinder cord for smokers. Covered with yellow silk with a pink helix. There is a yellow knitted textile figure of a lion suspended at one end. [ILL [OPS move] 29/8/2017]

Collection type: Object
Description: Tinder cord for smokers. Covered with yellow silk with a pink helix. There is a yellow knitted textile figure of a lion suspended at one end. [ILL [OPS move] 29/8/2017]
Long description: Tinder cord for smokers. Covered with yellow silk with a pink helix. There is a yellow knitted textile figure of a lion suspended at one end from a a braided silk cord wrapped around the bundle. Roughly cylindrical and folded in three places to form a bundle. [ILL [OPS move] 29/8/2017]
Geographical reference: South America
Latin America and the Caribbean > South America
Person: Field collector Mrs Robin; PRM source Henry Balfour
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1920
Date collected: By 1920
Acquisition information: Bequeathed: 1939
Materials and processes: Material String Plant, Material Silk Textile Animal, Material Silk Yarn Animal, Process Woven, Process Knitted
Dimensions: Depth: max 25 mm, Width: max 30 mm, Length: max 100 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1938.35.141 Other numbers: 823

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