Skip to content
Pitt Rivers Museum

1938.35.173

Strike a light flint. Grey-brown semi-translucent stone with large lighter patches. It is in the form of a triangular prism, with three smooth sides, two of which taper to form a sharp edge. [ILL [OPS move] 7/9/2017]


1938.35.173

Digital asset copyright: Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford

Terms and Conditions

If you wish to order a high-resolution image and/or licence its use for print or web publication, exhibition, film, promotional product or any other use, whether in the academic or commercial sector of any print run, then please visit photographic services.

Collection type
Object
Description
Strike a light flint. Grey-brown semi-translucent stone with large lighter patches. It is in the form of a triangular prism, with three smooth sides, two of which taper to form a sharp edge. [ILL [OPS move] 7/9/2017]
Geographical reference
Great Kabylie Tizi Ouzou
Person
Field collector Henry Balfour
PRM source Henry Balfour
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1898
Date collected
1898
Acquisition information
Bequeathed: 1939
Materials and processes
Material Flint Stone, Process Flaked
Dimensions
Depth: max 13 mm, Width: max 30 mm, Length: max 38 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1938.35.173 Other numbers: 855

Search terms: Fire, Fire Accessory