- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Ornamentally shaped fire steel with grooves on the inside edge of the bottom bar, and both ends curved over. [EH [OPS move] 1/9/2017]
- Cultural groups
- Arab
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1898
- Date collected
- By 1898
- Acquisition information
- Bequeathed: 1939
- Materials and processes
- Material Steel Metal, Process Forged (Metal)
- Dimensions
- Depth: max 4 mm, Width: max 38 mm, Length: max 87 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1938.35.639 Other numbers: 1321
Search terms: Fire, Fire Accessory
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