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1938.35.807

Pocket strike-a-light. [PRA [OPS move] 5/9/2017]

1938.35.807

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Collection type
Object
Description
Pocket strike-a-light. [PRA [OPS move] 5/9/2017]
Long description
Pocket strike-a-light set consisting of an oval fire steel, surrounding extinguisher tube of metal. There is a length of yellow cotton cord tinder passing through the tube and fastened by a metal clip. A roughly rectangular-shaped flint, brown in colour is secured to the tinder by a wire. [PRA [OPS move] 5/9/2017]
Cultural groups
Swiss
French
Person
Field collector Sydney Gerald Hewlett
PRM source Henry Balfour
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1897
Date collected
By 1897
Acquisition information
Bequeathed: 1939
Materials and processes
Material Steel Metal, Material Cotton Seed Fibre Yarn Plant, Material Flint Stone, Material Metal Wire, Material Tin Metal, Process Braided, Process Cast
Dimensions
Depth: max 12 mm, Width: max 36 mm, Length: max 161 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1938.35.807 Other numbers: 1519

Search terms: Fire, Vessel, Fire Accessory, Tinder

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