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1938.35.731

Leather tinder pouch with fixed steel.

1938.35.731

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Collection type
Object
Description
Leather tinder pouch with fixed steel.
Long description
Leather tinder pouch with fixed steel, front and back edged with engraved silver strip, flap and back with ornamental silver mounts, sides with coral beads in silver setting. [MJD (Verve) 5/9/2017]
Person
Field collector Unknown Collector
PRM source Henry Balfour
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1907
Date collected
By 1907
Acquisition information
Bequeathed: 1939
Materials and processes
Material Animal Leather Skin, Material Steel Metal, Material Silver Metal, Material Coral, Material Bead, Process Incised
Dimensions
Depth: max 10 mm, Width: max 51 mm, Length: max 141 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1938.35.731 Other numbers: 1443

Search terms: Fire, Bag, Bead, Fire Accessory, Tinder

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