Knitted cotton tinder bag. It is cream in colour, and roughly circular in shape, with a flat edge at the top. [ILL [OPS move] 30/8/2017]

Collection type: Object
Description: Knitted cotton tinder bag. It is cream in colour, and roughly circular in shape, with a flat edge at the top. [ILL [OPS move] 30/8/2017]
Long description: Knitted cotton tinder bag. It is cream in colour, and roughly circular in shape, with a flat edge at the top. There are two knitted loops on either side of the flat edge. The bag opening is closed with a triangular flap, and a long strand of cotton yarn with is fed through a hole at the bottom of the bag to secure it. Please note that stored in a glass topped cardboard box. [ILL [OPS move] 30/8/2017]
Geographical reference: India
Asia > Southern Asia > India; Rajasthan
Person: Field collector Alfred Crowdy Lovett; PRM source Henry Balfour
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1893
Date collected: July 1893
Acquisition information: Bequeathed: 1939
Materials and processes: Material Cotton Seed Fibre Textile Plant, Material Cotton Seed Fibre Yarn Plant, Process Knitted, Process Woven
Dimensions: Depth: max 30 mm, Width: max 140 mm, Length: max 140 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1938.35.678.1 Other numbers: 1360 a-e
Research and responses: This could be Alfred Crowdy Lovett, see biographies [AP 26/2/2002]

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