Leather tinder pouch with fixed steel. [PRA [OPS move] 4/9/2017]

Collection type: Object
Description: Leather tinder pouch with fixed steel. [PRA [OPS move] 4/9/2017]
Long description: Leather tinder pouch with fixed steel. Roughly rectangular in shape with rounded edges and a metal clasp. There is a rectangular fire steel attached by rivets to its base, with Japanese characters incised on both sides. The pouch is suspended by a red cord with an ?ojime bead, with a metal rim in the centre. There is also a ?netsuke at the top of the red cord, rounded and flat in shape, possibly made of horn or bone. For strike-a-light flint associated with object see [1938.35.736 .2] [PRA [OPS move] 4/9/2017]
Geographical reference: Japan
Asia > Eastern Asia > Japan
Cultural groups: Japanese
Person: Field collector Neil Gordon Munro; PRM source Henry Balfour
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1913
Date collected: 1913
Acquisition information: Bequeathed: 1939
Materials and processes: Material Animal Leather Skin, Material Steel Metal, Material Brass Metal, Material Silk Yarn Animal, Material Animal Ivory Tooth, Material Wood Plant, Material Animal Horn, Process Stitched, Process Incised, Process Riveted
Dimensions: Depth: max 40 mm, Width: max 85 mm, Length: max 95 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1938.35.736.1 Other numbers: 1448

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