- 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]
- 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
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